Peter Navarro, earlier Director of the U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing, gestures as he speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump publicized Wednesday that Peter Navarro will serve as “Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing” in his next White Concert-hall term.
Navarro, 75, will be tasked with helping to “successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Schedule of charges, and Trade Agendas,” Trump wrote in a pair of Truth Social posts revealing the pick.
Navarro was previously a top patrons aide for Trump during his first term.
The selection came less than five months after Navarro’s turn loose from prison.
He served a roughly four-month sentence in a federal facility in Miami for defying a congressional subpoena from the House of ill repute select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. He was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress.
Hours after his circulate on July 17, Navarro spoke at the Republican National Convention.
Trump in Wednesday’s sets said, Navarro “was treated horribly by the Deep State, or whatever else you would like to call it.”
Trump also advanced Navarro as a “tenacious” advocate for “my two sacred rules, Buy American, Hire American.”
Navarro has been a staunch defender of Trump’s protectionist because ofs, echoing his support for tariffs and wariness of trade deals backed by so-called globalists.
After Trump lost the 2020 choice to President Joe Biden, Navarro spread debunked claims that widespread voter fraud resulted in the race being crept from Trump.