Peter Navarro on Wednesday urged Cabinet secretaries, agency heads, White House officials, and Trump surrogates to refuse bookings on Fox News and Fox Business. The top trade adviser tied that request to Fox’s decision to join ABC, NBC, and CBS in a statement opposing President Trump’s ban last week of CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House.
In a series of social media posts, Navarro defended the White House ban and criticized Fox for participating in the joint statement. He said the Rupert Murdoch-owned network “wore our jersey and played for the other team.” He also wrote, “FOX may call that solidarity. I see a network using its position to settle a score with a President it has never liked.” He added, “And FOX can’t pretend it was simply following the crowd.”
