Peter Navarro White House Trade Advisor on CBS newz interview
Basically he just was given free time to ramble.
Asked about the CARES package stalemate:
“Trump is the working class president he knows the pain out there in the heartland.” 🙄
Q: When do you think a stimulus deal might be reached?
“...That’s not my lane...what I can do is break some news ... Trump is signing an executive order today ... it’s a beautiful thing, it’s pure Trump, it sweeps away regulatory barriers to manufacturing here...” 🙄
As negotiations continue why the focus on a payroll tax cut?
“ ... that happens to be one of the most effective ways to get money into the pockets of Americans... it’s effectively a 12% wage hike .... again this is not my responsibility...”
...This is going to be a great speech today... everyone should watch and read it ... it’s beat the virus and build the economy back to where it was January 15 when he had built the most beautiful and strong economy in American history. We had 3 1/2 percent unemployment—historic rates for blacks and Hispanics, rising wages for blue-collar workers... 🙄. We’ve got a long row to hoe we can’t continue to just write checks...”
What did you make of the president’s comments yesterday when he said children are immune from the virus?
“I’m not an epidemiologist ... I’m not on the task force ... I’ll leave that science to the task force...”