Shapiro: Navarro Should Be Nowhere Near Trade Policy

“Peter Navarro, who is the architect of much of this trade policy, a man who used to be a zero-growther, actually, in his early career, and then called himself Ron Vara in his own writings to create a fake name under which to attribute many of his writings. It was like Voldemort. His last name is Navarro. Get it? Ron Vara? Get it? You don’t? It’s dumb.

“Peter Navarro, who should be nowhere near trade policy, is explaining that the actual goal of the administration is not, in fact, to go to zero tariffs. It is, in fact, to rectify trade deficits. Good luck with that. The Vietnamese GDP per capita is $4,000 per year. Gonna get them to buy a lot of American software, are you?” – Ben Shapiro, on today’s podcast.