Navarro defended Trump’s tariffs both for their own sake and as a negotiating tactic. He lamented that the United States runs a $1 trillion trade deficit, which he said is equivalent to transferring that amount of money from the U.S. to other countries each year.

The Trump administration’s senior trade counselor also dismissed concerns that the president forced only minor concessions from Canada and Mexic

In an interview with Trump administration trade adviser and Project 2025 contributor Peter Navarro, Fox News host Sandra Smith raised concerns from some Republicans, namely Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky,