After being confronted with data that showed that the Trump tariff kills manufacturing jobs, Peter Navarro went ballistic.
Trump official goes ballistic.
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Summary
In one blistering exchange, former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro is confronted with hard labor and manufacturing data showing the tariffs under Donald Trump didn’t deliver promised domestic job gains. Navarro visibly flounders as the numbers mount: steel and aluminum tariffs coincide with job losses in steel-dependent manufacturing sectors despite the optimistic rhetoric. The tariff failures indicate broader structural issues—immigration enforcement, food-supply disruptions, and media silence.
- A study found that after imposing 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, the U.S. gained only ~1,000 steel workers but lost around 75,000 manufacturing workers in related sectors.
- The administration withheld or delayed key labor-market and inflation data, the host contends, because the figures painted a dire picture.
- Tariffs acted as a tax on U.S. consumers and producers—raising costs, reducing competitiveness, and hurting farmers (especially soybean growers) rather than shielding them.
- The tariff strategy is tied to broader political moves: aggressive immigration enforcement, disruptions in food-processing labor, and the prison-industrial complex; the host argues this isn’t an accident but design.
- The media fail to challenge these policies meaningfully; by contrast, independent outlets pledge allegiance to citizens, not corporate or political power.
In short, the tariff regime, far from being a progressive economic shock, turned out to be a regressive tax on working Americans. When faced with objective data, Navarro’s meltdown exposes the moral and policy bankruptcy at the heart of the administration’s trade rhetoric.
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