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@TwraSun Wo er recht hat ...

Alle Argumente von Navarro basieren auf Zitaten des von ihm selbst erfundenen Wirtschaftsexperten "Ron Vara".

Hier ist die Geschichte, wie Navarro Trumps Wirtschaftsberater wurde, unterhaltsam erzählt von Rachel Maddow (auf englisch): youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZCbBLqk

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🧵 2/2: Apparently this has been known since... 2019. I can imagine that #Navarro will dismiss the relevance of #RonVara as an inside joke again, except as his publisher said at the time, this is a fundamental breach of standards. Like using a fictional character in a scientific paper, a medical journal. There are places when "joking" has no place, especially when the joker gives advice like "you've got to be nuts to eat Chinese food" and "'Ride the #tariffs to victory!"

npr.org/2019/10/18/771396016/w

🧵 1/2: #RachelMaddow brings another mental backstory on the #Trump #tariffs🤯 :

Peter #Navarro, a quack #economist recruited by #JaredKushner as Trump's trade advisor, the suspected author of the insane tariff #formula, turns out to have created a fictional expert called #RonVara, an anagram of his name, to cite in his books & memos as a trusted source and justify the policy of so-called #reciprocal tariffs. Even made up an email address for him.

youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZCbBLqkk