Peter Navarro, former and incoming White House trade adviser to President-elect Trump, said Trump's “favorite'' approach to building relationships with China and other foreign actors helped him get the best deal for the United States. He said the best thing to do is to let them do so.
Navarro, a prominent China critic, said in an interview on NewsNation's “The Hill” that Trump's remarks at Monday's press conference that “China and the United States can solve all of the world's problems by working together.” asked about.
Mr. Navarro served as trade advisor to President Trump during his first administration, and is scheduled to become a senior trade and manufacturing advisor during his second administration. He said he was with the president-elect and expressed confidence in the president-elect's policies. Ability to navigate relationships.
Regarding President Trump and Xi Jinping, Navarro said, “Our two countries have a productive relationship in dealing with Ukraine, Gaza, oil, etc.''
“So what we're doing is trusting Donald Trump to build relationships with Xi Jinping, Putin, whoever.” [Recep Tayipp] President Erdoğan of Turkey – someone the left doesn't like because of his obvious authoritarian approach – yet for the good of this country, we have to let him do his thing to get the best deal for America. '' Navarro said. “Let's see what happens.”
President Trump last week invited Xi to attend his inauguration in January. Mr. Navarro pushed back when asked if he intended to soften his stance on China.
“No, not at all,” Navarro said. “Well, that's the kind of relationship we had. The Chinese side might say, 'Let a thousand flowers bloom,' but we hit them hard with tariffs and became the toughest president in history against China. ”
“And now they're trying to tear us apart. We have to do something about it,” Navarro said.
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