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That's not really fair to Trump, who has long been a huge fan of tariffs. Navarro is just the idiot sycophant who agreed with him that they are great.
by maxerickson 2y ago
That's not really fair to Trump, who has long been a huge fan of tariffs.
Navarro is just the idiot sycophant who agreed with him that they are great.
- af78 2y agoIt's worse than that. Navarro has sincerely held these views (that imports are inherently bad for the economy) for a long time. He is to economists what flat earthers are to astronomers. Imagine if an anti-vax activist was hired at the Depart of Health. Oh, wait...
- thimkerbell 2y ago[flagged]
- YZF 2y agoI don't think we want to view HN as competition for karma points or karma points as some sort of validation. It would be nice if we could stop turning HN into a political battleground but I guess that war has been lost.