Peter Navarro, former Director of the U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing, gestures as he speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), on the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump introduced Wednesday that Peter Navarro will function “Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing” in his subsequent White House time period.
Navarro, 75, shall be tasked with serving to to “efficiently advance and talk the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas,” Trump wrote in a pair of Truth Social posts revealing the decide.
Navarro was beforehand a prime commerce aide for Trump throughout his first time period.
The choice got here lower than 5 months after Navarro’s release from prison.
He served a roughly four-month sentence in a federal facility in Miami for defying a congressional subpoena from the House choose committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. He was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress.
Hours after his launch on July 17, Navarro spoke on the Republican National Convention.
Trump in Wednesday’s posts mentioned Navarro “was handled horribly by the Deep State, or no matter else you want to name it.”
Trump additionally lauded Navarro as a “tenacious” advocate for “my two sacred guidelines, Buy American, Hire American.”
Navarro has been a staunch defender of Trump’s protectionist views, echoing his support for tariffs and wariness of commerce offers backed by so-called globalists.
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