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The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration is reconsidering the legal basis for White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s conviction for criminal contempt of Congress, according to court filings, a step that could lead to voiding his case. Navarro, 75, served a four-month sentence last year after being found guilty in September 2023 of ignoring subpoenas for records and testimony …

NBC News reports: Top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro denied Sunday that there are tensions between him and tech mogul Elon Musk, another senior Trump adviser, days after the billionaire tech mogul called the Harvard-trained economist a “moron.” “Everything’s fine with Elon,” Navarro told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” adding with a laugh, “I’ve been called worse.” The White …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump this week upended not just his tariff strategy but his trade team. Former hedge fund manager and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — the White House’s main conduit to beleaguered financial markets — is now at the helm, with populist Peter Navarro relegated to the sidelines and Wall Street punching bag Howard Lutnick recast into the …

“So whether you think we had to go through the operation or we didn’t have to go through the operation, bottom line is we ended up in a spot that is a much better spot than we were in three days ago. And, again, all of the reporting suggests precisely the theory that the president changed where he was on …

“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 …

Axios reports: Elon Musk escalated his war of words with Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday, calling him “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks” over comments about Musk’s businesses. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, asked for comment on the Musk-Navarro spat at the daily press briefing, replied with a smile: “Boys will be boys, …

“To be clear, I am all-in on a fair, level trading field. I am all-in on level tariffs with all nations. But I am not all-in on Peter Navarro and his reciprocal trade girl math that’s kneecapping the United States, because the trade deficit is not a hallmark of all the cheating that goes on.  “And I go back to …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk has ramped up his feud with President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro with a storm of X posts, including one where he called the economist a “moron.” Musk took aim at Navarro Tuesday morning, a day after Navarro chided the billionaire on CNBC. “We all understand in the White House (and the American people …

“Every country around the world cheats us. But it’s like fingerprints — they all do it in different ways. But it all comes down to the non-tariff cheating. It was interesting to hear Elon Musk talk about a zero-tariff zone with Europe. He doesn’t understand that. And the thing that’s important about Elon to understand is, he sells cars. That’s …

Axios reports: Elon Musk blasted top Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro overnight, calling out his education and lack of corporate credentials. The two-day rout in the stock market this week, after Trump announced sweeping new tariffs backed by Navarro, cost Musk nearly $18 billion just on his Tesla stock. Friday morning, a user on Musk’s social media platform X …

“You’d think it would take like a grand plan and some big brains to figure out how to destroy the economy of the richest nation on Earth, but that’s not how it’s working out. Turns out, it doesn’t take a big idea or a lot of big brains working together. In all of his books, Peter Navarro has cited an …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Financial markets have the shakes as President Trump prepares to launch his next big tariff salvo on Wednesday. And nerves are appropriate since Mr. Trump’s chief trade adviser, Peter Navarro, is boasting about what he says will amount to a $6 trillion tax increase from the tariffs. “Tariffs are going to raise about …

The Washington Post reports: White House aide Peter Navarro claimed Sunday that President Donald Trump’s new tariffs would raise more than $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, a figure that experts said would almost certainly represent the largest peacetime tax hike in modern U.S. history. Appearing on Fox News, Navarro said the president’s tariffs on auto imports, …

FOX HOST SHANNON BREAM: Investopedia says this, ‘If dealerships pass on the full cost to consumers, that would mean an additional $5,000 to $15,000 on imported cars. And because parts that are imported and end up U. S. cars, they could go up substantially some estimates by thousands of cars as well. You heard reporting there where the president says …

The Telegraph reports: A top White House official has threatened to redraw the Canadian border amid Donald Trump’s ambition to turn the country in America’s “51st state”. Peter Navarro, one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, is pushing US negotiators to discuss reworking the border with their Canadian counterparts. “Navarro recommended revising the Canada-US border, which is just crazy and dangerous,” …

“What’s funny to me as an economist, Sandra, is if you go back to 2018, 2019, when the president, President Trump imposed historic tariffs on China: steel and aluminum, solar, dishwashers, other products. Those very same people, whether they’re on the Hill, or whether they’re in think tanks, or whether they’re in the ivory tower, or whether they’re on the …

The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court turned back an appeal Monday from Peter Navarro, the former White House official who is set to return in Donald Trump’s second term after serving prison time on contempt of Congress charges. The court declined to hear the appeal in a brief order without explanation, as is typical. It comes after the Justice …

USA Today reports: Peter Navarro will head back to the White House as a top advisor on trade and manufacturing, President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday on Truth Social. Navarro is an economist who served in Trump’s first administration, running a newly created National Trade Council and then the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. A loyal supporter to the president-elect, …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally Sunday evening was supposed to provide his closing argument against Kamala Harris. Instead, Trump and his supporters are being forced to answer for hateful and racist rhetoric delivered from the podium Sunday night with just eight days left in the campaign. Longtime Trump adviser Peter Navarro is calling the comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, …

“Here’s the thing, I am urging you from this day forward, never, ever, ever to refer to Kamala Harris by her first name. Only her first name. Kamala, Kamala, Kamala. “She is not a soccer star, okay? Pelé, I get it. Messi, I get it. Okay? But when you use ‘Kamala’ these days, it does not do us any good. …