Trump taps Peter Navarro as senior trade adviser

[Karah Rucker]

DONALD TRUMP’S LATEST ADMINISTRATION PICK STRENGTHENS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S PROMISE TO BRING TARIFF’S ON U-S IMPORTS. 

ECONOMIST PETER NAVARRO IS CHOSEN AS THE SENIOR COUNSELOR FOR TRADE AND MANUFACTURING. 

NAVARRO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE WHITE HOUSE …SERVING IN A SIMILAR POSITION DURING TRUMP’S FIRST TERM AND OBTAINING HIS EDUCATION FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 

TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL…SAYING NAVARRO WILL BRING EXPERIENCE WHILE USING HIS POLICY AND MEDIA SKILLS… AND HE WILL “HELP SUCCESSFULLY ADVANCE AND COMMUNICATE THE TRUMP MANUFACTURING, TARIFF, AND TRADE AGENDAS.”

IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING HIS PRESIDENTIAL WIN…TRUMP THREATENED TWENTY FIVE PERCENT TARIFFS ON MEXICO AND CANADA. ANNOUNCING ANOTHER TEN PERCENT ON CHINESE IMPORTS. 

NAVARRO WANTED MORE AGGRESSIVE TARIFFS DURING TRUMP’S INITIAL ADMINISTRATION…HELPING THE FORMER PRESIDENT NEGOTIATE TRADE DEALS BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES. TRUMP ALSO CREDITS HIS ENFORCEMENT TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S RULES TO BUY AMERICAN AND HIRE AMERICAN. 

IN WEDNESDAY’S ANNOUCEMENT…TRUMP SAID NAVARRO WAS TREATED HORRIBLY BY THE DEEP STATE–REFERENCING NAVARRO’S RECENT STINT IN A FEDERAL PRISON.  

NAVARRO SERVED FOUR MONTHS FOR GOING AGAINST A SUBPOENA FROM THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AS THEY INVESTIGATED THE JANUARY SIXTH ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 

IN AN OPINION POST FOR  WASHINGTON TIMES…NAVARRO DESCRIBES HIS CONVICTION AS UNJUST WHILE EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATION FOR HUNTER BIDEN’S SWEEPING PARDON. 

NAVARRO PREVIOUSLY RAN FOR SAN DIEGO MAYOR IN THE NINETIES AND LATER AS A DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS. 

FIND MORE PICKS FOR DONALD TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION BY DOWNLOADING THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP. 

FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M KARAH RUCKER.