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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Peter Navarro faces bipartisan wrath over ‘exceptionally stupid’ claim that ‘tariffs are tax cuts’

Donald Trump’s tariff czar Peter Navarro insisted that with “Liberation Day” approaching, the president’s sweeping round of tariffs on foreign goods shouldn’t be seen as an import tax but rather the “biggest tax cut in American history.”

“The message is that tariffs are tax cuts, tariffs are jobs, tariffs for national security, tariffs are great for America, tariffs will make America great again,” the White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing declared on Fox News Sunday.

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