While “first buddy” Elon Musk continues to assail Donald Trump’s trade czar over the tariffs that have plunged the global economy into chaos, some of the president’s media allies at Fox have also ridiculed Peter Navarro while urging Trump to bench his top trade adviser.
Even before Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs that have erased trillions of dollars of wealth from the stock market and prompted economists to sound the alarm of a coming recession, Navarro has sparked criticism and mockery over his defense of the sweeping import taxes.