Peter Navarro: "This is not a negotiation. This is national emergency." (Other administration officials have been on TV this morning suggesting it's a negotiation ... )
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Was the emergency that viewers might find out the economy maybe wasn’t so bad? That maybe high groceries prices don’t mean the entire foundation of global economy is bad…?
What specifically was the national emergency that trigged these tariffs? Has Donald made it specific & was the statute he used intended for that reason? https://youtu.be/izljanGbnDA
This Navarro is a complete moron. He is responsible for trumps tariffs. And he doesn’t know what he is talking about. A blowhard. But dangerous because trump is listening. He tried to tell Fauci that Fauci was wrong about Covid. Navarro is a threat to our nation.
Interesting that this is the one thing they continue to have no consistent messaging on. Usually they have message discipline down pat. So this is unusual.
You’ve never noticed they usually parrot the one talking point across the party on tv and other media? Even using the exact same wording, “caravans” and “invasion” etc???
Ah okay, thanks for clarifying! Yes they definitely unite on some buzzwords, especially ones with legal weight (i.e. "invasion"). But I think you're underestimating how disjointed they are on the specifics of topics like DOGE, abortion, deportation, foreign policy (esp re:NATO), and, ofc, tariffs
I don’t watch Fox News & can recite the rhetoric/lies verbatim of admin & congressmen:
DOGE — “cutting waste & fraud”
Abortion — “states rights”
Deportation — “deporting violent criminals & gang members” “illegals”
NATO — “US is getting screwed. Very bad deal for US”
Message discipline just means they all stay on the same talking point. It doesn’t mean they all agree behind the scenes. Or that they make coherent policy that reflects that messaging.
Wasn't Maddow reporting that Navarro kept on referring to Ron Vara as his source for multiple economic theories, when that person doesn't exist, it's just an anagram?
Just remember, this is the guy that tried to overturn the election using something he called the “Green Bay Sweep”,,, he’s a fucking idiot and why are you having him on your show???
Your US dairy and meat don’t pass minimum health and quality standards in other countries. We won’t buy them at any price. That’s the truth. Work on raising non-toxic food and then maybe you’d have an export market. It’s not tariffs, it’s toxic product. 🤷♂️
Exactly. It’s the FIRST thing I noticed traveling overseas years ago. I brought home a box of Frosted Flakes sold in Europe and compared ingredients to boxes sold in US. It’s horrifying.
Same with our cars. No one buys them because they don't meet minimal standards in other countries. I recently traveled to Costa Rica and used Uber to get around and was blown away at the quality of the electric cars they had there. Most were from China.
It's been said that's the strategy. Make things as clear as mud, giving Trump any out he wants when he wants, and he'll declare some very suspicious 'win' down the road. A win that is not supported by facts.
Basics: We trade with other countries because they have stuff we need—often cheaper bc they don’t even match our sorry min wage—& we have stuff they need, often bc of superior or protected tech. We want them to buy agri products bc we make more than we can use ourselves. It’s not just fun & games.
Tariffed nations agree to buy more pork, beef, seafood, cabbage, corn, tomatoes, beans, dairy, etc, and agree to invest heavily in local small 🇺🇸 business.
We put the imaginary "trade imbalance" monster to bed and get taco trucks on every corner.
LIEs by these Trumers. No country has been taking advantage of us and we could re-evaluate our trade agreements.... our food is substandard compared to Europe.
And we can't rely on these legacy and cable network chains to give us a straight answer or to actually ask questions that make their gifts feel some heat. We're going to have to dig deep and find out for ourselves just how twist it their ideas are.
He's a moron. The original Trump economic advisor, Don Jr. found him on Amazon by reading an excerpt of his book.
No one - no professional economist, subscribes to these wacko (from a convicted felon) theories. A 3rd seat clown car member who can do great damage. The MAGATs will believe him.
He said what Trump does best is listen?? 😂😂 And this dude, who got picked because Kushner found the name of his book on Amazon, and literally made up an economist so he could push his quack ideas is telling us other cheated?? We have THE dumbest people running this nation right now.
Maybe if the US started to sell a better product than consumers actually want we wouldn’t be in an emergency trade deficit? Maybe if they understood that America has become a giant consumer we wouldn’t be in this emergency
They are trying to make it a national emergency. It the economy doesn’t do it war in the Middle East (Iran) will. If that fails, the next war will be on their own turf.
You do have to wonder if they thought there would be some violence from the "left" by now and are surprised at the reaction since it took the Maga no time to get to that point.
Those "fake agricultural standards" that keep out your pork are part of the reasons why Europeans are generally healthier than Americans. Not to mention health care partly funded by our 19 % VAT.
We don't buy your beef & chicken because they're full of chemicals & washed in chemicals. There's nothing ridiculous or fake about our food standards; they're just higher than your low ones, Pete. US buys from China & Vietnam because you want things cheap; it's not rocket science.
Navarro made up his own whacko economic theory about trade deficits then, seemingly by accident Kushner finds his book, and BAM! Trump forms economic policy around it. What could go wrong? We are seeing now...
All of these other countries have cheated and taken advantage of the US so much that America became the richest country in the world! We have to stop this!
Lol, National emergency = take a great economy and tank it to get 1M manufacturing jobs while losing 2M jobs. The national emergency is that we have a corrupt selfish child running the government.
He is the best listener but not a cheater who got us in this mess in the first place!! They way they are so quick to blame the world. To say that the US is being cheated!! The world is taking advantage of us. That’s the emergency? F*ing how much money do you all need! United States of greedy bullies
The craziness is mind boggling. Nobody will come to you, incompetent felon. Nobody in the EU will lower the food standards for inferior farm product from the US. Nor would anyone want to buy these monstrous ugly cars, you wouldn’t be able to drive or park in our European capitals.
Don’t they want to be able to call a national emergency to abuse exec power?!
Unreal what is unfolding in front of our eyes. When will republicans who give a shit stand up.
The so-called emergency had unemployment rate at a low roughly 4% for the Biden years, inflation just above the Fed’s target rate of 2% for the last year or so, the stock market, in which many Americans participate, at record highs. The emergency is the absurd Trump tariffs.
Know what the real national emergency is? The releases/commutations/pardonings of Navarro and dozens of convicted criminals like him from Trump's first administration being welcomed back into the fold and restored to positions of relative power in the second one. THAT'S the real national emergency.
Can't someone make these asshole EXPLAIN what the emergency was given that they inherited a great economy? THIS is a far bigger emergency, and they created it!
Clearly they still need to decide what the policy target is. tariffs to create new manufacturing and potentially raise revenue from the higher tax at least for a while or tariffs to negotiate lowering of others tariffs and returning to more traditional free trade, dropping tariffs over time.
Oh in other words: “People, don’t increase your standards and just let American wasteful, deregulated and tainted products into your markets. Cmon EU get smart” 🤦🏻♀️
Trade deficits are b/c we import more than we export..it's not other country's fault..not some sort of plot against the US..Anyone w/an ounce of common sense could lead this country better than these inept clowns. You want more items made here in US? Great..bt set up the infrastructure 1st idiots!
Navarro is a fraud. Rachel Maddow has the receipts. Tariffs are all based on his lies. Jump to the 8:00 min mark. Share this broadly. The world needs to know who’s responsible.
Other than Trump, Navarro is probably the person in the Trump administration pushing these tariffs the hardest. Peter is pushing this based on the work of the great economist "Ron Vara" who nobody has ever met or heard of.
Can we please stop taking Navarro seriously. The “expert” he cites in all his books doesn’t exist. It’s just an anagram of his last name. (Ron Vara) He is not a serious person.
These idiots like Howie Lutnick are saying that the tariffs are going to bring trillions in investment into the U.S. at the same time they are complaining about the amount of debt held by foreigners. The amount of intellectual dishonesty and bald-faced lies are staggering. #republicanslie
tbf this is the guy mixing up this particular batch of deadly koolaid. He's a true believer in insane tariffs, presumably b/c being an actual economist was too hard
...sad to say there is definitely truth in that comment. Especially with the erasure of the minimum food oversight and inspections. And the rollback of EPA oversight.
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‘No… it’s not a national emergency’ and take away Trump’s power to sabotage the US and world economies
Musk’s side: To force negotiation. There will an end to them.
Navarro’s side: to punish everyone. So there won’t.
Trump likely does not understand or care which it is.
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https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/03/3055670/0/en/NCLA-Sues-to-Stop-Trump-Admin-from-Imposing-Emergency-Tariffs-That-Congress-Never-Authorized.html
DOGE — “cutting waste & fraud”
Abortion — “states rights”
Deportation — “deporting violent criminals & gang members” “illegals”
NATO — “US is getting screwed. Very bad deal for US”
That’s message discipline.
Or that they aren’t lying. They clearly are.
White House Adviser Peter Navarro Calls Fictional Alter Ego An 'Inside Joke'
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/18/771396016/white-house-adviser-peter-navarro-calls-fictional-alter-ego-an-inside-joke
Just a tool advisor to Trump.
He understands nothing!
Americans are paying for the idiocy of this fluckery.
*Dumber than Trump*
WHAT’S THE EMERGENCY???
(What is the emergency?)
Get his opinion on things!!!
White House Adviser Peter Navarro Calls Fictional Alter Ego An 'Inside Joke'
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/18/771396016/white-house-adviser-peter-navarro-calls-fictional-alter-ego-an-inside-joke
Tariffed nations agree to buy more pork, beef, seafood, cabbage, corn, tomatoes, beans, dairy, etc, and agree to invest heavily in local small 🇺🇸 business.
We put the imaginary "trade imbalance" monster to bed and get taco trucks on every corner.
No one - no professional economist, subscribes to these wacko (from a convicted felon) theories. A 3rd seat clown car member who can do great damage. The MAGATs will believe him.
Don jr. doesn’t even bother to read anything.
White House Adviser Peter Navarro Calls Fictional Alter Ego An 'Inside Joke'
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/18/771396016/white-house-adviser-peter-navarro-calls-fictional-alter-ego-an-inside-joke
He alone makes millions want to grab pitchforks.
😳😆🤣😂🤯🙄😬🤮🤢🥴🤔🧐🤨
The Los Angeles Times.
The Washington Post.
None of these rags ran the massive ‘Hands Off’ protests as their headline today.
The 3K (Global Billionaires) cannot admit it to themselves and are desperate to hide it from the world.
We The People are coming for our wealth. ☮️☯️
Unreal what is unfolding in front of our eyes. When will republicans who give a shit stand up.
And it's obviously not an Emergency.
they can't reduce that for america
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rachel-maddow-explains-ridiculous-true-175426436.html
trump refuses to learn this simple fact and we're all going to pay for it.
I cannot hear this man's name anymore without thinking about his pseudonym/ alter ego he had to invent to back up his bogus theories!!
This one is the "not negotiating, bring manufacturing home" explanation.
Shoot. Ready. Aim.
Declaring an emergency means that you have no logic to defend your proposed policies.
As one sign yesterday read….IKEA has better Cabinets.
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