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Elon Musk: Peter Navarro Is a 'Moron'

Feud between DOGE mastermind and Trump's top trade adviser heats up

(Newser) - Elon Musk continued ramping up the rhetoric in his ongoing tariff-related feud with President Trump's top trade adviser, calling Peter Navarro a "moron" who is "dumber than a sack of bricks." The insults came in response to Navarro referring to Musk as a "car assembler"...

Navarro Ramps Up Tariffs Fight With Musk
Navarro
Ramps Up
Tariffs Fight
With Musk
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Apr 8, 2025 7:11 AM CDT

Navarro Ramps Up Tariffs Fight With Musk

Their feuding illustrates a growing split in Trump world

(Newser) - Two of President Trump's top advisers are having a nasty war of words about tariffs. The spat involves Elon Musk and Peter Navarro, the latter being Trump's top trade adviser and a lead architect of the tariffs. Musk has spoken out against them, and Navarro again suggested on...

After Musk Splits on Tariffs, Navarro Says 'He Sells Cars'

Back-and-forth includes criticism of a Harvard doctorate and of a Tesla perspective

(Newser) - After Elon Musk expressed a view on tariffs far from President Trump's, he heard publicly on Sunday from another presidential adviser. The billionaire had told a gathering organized by a right-wing politician in Italy on Saturday, NBC News reports, that "Europe and the United States should move, ideally,...

Trump Announces Trade, SEC, Army Picks

Peter Navarro is returning to the White House

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is bringing Peter Navarro, a former adviser who served prison time related to the Capitol attack, back to the White House for his second administration. Navarro will serve as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, Trump announced in a Truth Social post . Trump wrote that the position...

Former Trump Aide Navarro Reports to Prison
Peter Navarro Is Out of
Prison, Headed to the RNC
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Jul 17, 2024 10:09 AM CDT

Peter Navarro Is Out of Prison, Headed to the RNC

Former trade adviser served 4-month sentence for contempt of Congress

(Newser) - Peter Navarro is a free man after completing his 4-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said the 75-year-old was released from the facility in Miami where he had been since March. CNN reports he worked as a law library clerk while incarcerated. CBS News...

Appeals Court Upholds Bannon Conviction
Steve Bannon Loses Appeal
May 10, 2024 11:53 AM CDT

Steve Bannon Loses Appeal

His conviction has been upheld, but Trump ally won't go to prison immediately

(Newser) - A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Bannon's challenges to his contempt of...

Navarro Is Due in Prison After Supreme Court Passes

Former Trump aide had asked justices to let him stay free while he appealed contempt charge

(Newser) - Given the opportunity to keep Peter Navarro out of prison, at least for now, the Supreme Court on Monday declined. That means the former aide in the Trump White House remains scheduled to show up at a federal prison in Miami at 2pm Tuesday, Politico reports. Navarro's emergency motion...

He May Be First Trump Aide to Serve Time Over 2020 Vote

Peter Navarro ordered to report to prison this month for defying congressional subpoena

(Newser) - Former White House aide Peter Navarro has been ordered to report to prison on March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena , reports CNN . Navarro, 74, is thus poised to become the first top Donald Trump adviser to serve jail time over efforts to overturn...

Ex-Trump Official Navarro Sentenced to 4 Months

Adviser defied a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot

(Newser) - Another ally of Donald Trump has been sentenced to jail time over his refusal to comply with a House panel investigating the Capitol riot. Peter Navarro, who served as a trade adviser to the former president, received a four-month sentence on Thursday after being convicted of contempt of Congress. Navarro...

Trump Official Navarro Guilty of Contempt of Congress

Former presidential adviser failed to cooperate with the Jan. 6 hearings

(Newser) - Trump White House official Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of contempt of Congress over his failure to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the attack on the Capitol. The verdict came after a short trial for Navarro, who served as a White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump and...

Ex-Trump Aide Navarro Indicted by Jan. 6 Panel

Former trade adviser did not show up for a deposition

(Newser) - Former White House official Peter Navarro was indicted Friday on contempt charges after defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, per the AP . Navarro is the second former Trump aide to be charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with...

Congress Holds Scavino, Navarro in Contempt

Justice Department will decide whether to prosecute

(Newser) - Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas rendered by the House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, the AP reports. The two men on Wednesday became the latest members...

House Jan. 6 Committee: Hold Scavino, Navarro in Contempt

The vote is unanimous, now goes to full House

(Newser) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol voted unanimously Monday night to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for their monthslong refusal to comply with subpoenas, the AP reports. The committee made their case that Navarro, former President...

Fauci Opens Up About Working With Trump

He also reveals that he opened a letter filled with powder

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci has previously said it feels "liberating" to work in the new White House, and in an interview with the New York Times , Fauci elaborates on what 2020 was like for him. Among other things, he reveals that he once opened a letter in his office, only...

'Knock-Down' Fight Erupts in Oval Office

Two key presidential advisors argue in the White House

(Newser) - A "knock-down, dragout" argument broke out in the Oval Office last week when two key presidential advisors fought in front of their boss, an insider tells the Washington Post . Trade adviser Peter Navarro and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly locked horns over the fate of TikTok, the Chinese-owned video...

Navarro's Fauci Op-Ed Now Has Big Disclaimer

Fact-check by 'USA Today' after publication finds claims are 'misleading'

(Newser) - On Tuesday, the editorial board of USA Today published a piece praising Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House task force's epidemiological ace, calling him a "national treasure" and warning we'd be foolish not to listen to him amid the pandemic. The paper then proceeded to publish an...

Fauci: White House Attacks Are 'Bizarre'

He wants to focus on the pandemic instead of the 'games people are playing'

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci says White House attempts to discredit him are "bizarre"—but he would prefer to concentrate on fighting the pandemic instead of the "games people are playing." In an interview with the Atlantic published Wednesday, the nation's top infectious-disease expert said the White...

Trump Advisor: Fauci Is 'Wrong About Everything'
Trump Advisor: Fauci Is
'Wrong About Everything'
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Jul 15, 2020 11:23 AM CDT

Trump Advisor: Fauci Is 'Wrong About Everything'

White House distances itself from Peter Navarro op-ed

(Newser) - White House economic adviser Peter Navarro has penned a blistering op-ed targeting Dr. Anthony Fauci, claiming he listens to the nation's top infectious-disease expert "only with skepticism and caution." "He has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on," reads the critique published...

Trump Adviser Slams 'Kumbaya of Incompetence'
Trump Adviser Slams
'Kumbaya of Incompetence'
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May 17, 2020 2:40 PM CDT

Trump Adviser Slams 'Kumbaya of Incompetence'

Peter Navarro is unleashed on the Sunday talkies

(Newser) - A top White House economic adviser hit the talk-show circuit Sunday and slammed everyone from the CDC to China to former President Obama, Politico reports. "I'm glad Mr. Obama has a new job as Joe Biden's press secretary," Peter Navarro said on ABC's This Week,...

White House Adviser Navarro Sounded Virus Alarm Early

In January, he warned worst-case scenario could result in 500K deaths

(Newser) - Two newly surfaced memos show that White House adviser Peter Navarro began sounding the alarm about the coming coronavirus disaster in the US in late January. Both memos were circulated in the West Wing and at various federal agencies, though it is not clear whether President Trump was shown either...

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