(17-04.2020)
Archiv: Peter Navarro
Navarro Warns Shutdown Could Be More Deadly Than Virus
Mr. Navarro, a protectionist who has been known to engage in heated debates with the free traders in the administration, has had contentious exchanges with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, whose pronouncements about the measures needed to slow the spread of the virus have begun to frustrate Mr. Trump’s allies.
As the economy faces a deep recession and more than 16 million American workers have already lost jobs, Mr. Trump is deliberating when to call for an easing of the shutdown
Navarro knocks ‘60 Minutes‘ over coronavirus coverage: ‚This is like the fake news stuff‘
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro slammed “60 Minutes” for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in an interview with the CBS show while defending the Trump administration over claims of not being prepared to respond to it.
Asked about reports that the intelligence community was notifying the administration of the threat back in January, Navarro said, “This is like the fake news stuff.”
Trump aide Peter Navarro says ‚second opinion‘ needed on Fauci‘s view of anti-malaria drug
(06.03.2020)
Peter Navarro, the top trade and manufacturing aide to the president who is coordinating the use of the Defense Production Act for the White House, told CNN‘s John Berman Monday that he believes a „second opinion“ is needed about hydroxychloroquine as a treatment.
„I let (Fauci) speak for himself, John, but I would have two words for you: second opinion,“ Navarro said. „Doctors disagree about things all the time.“