President-elect Donald Trump announced that Peter Navarro will serve as “Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing” in his next White House term. Navarro was previously a top trade aide for Trump during his first term. Navarro served a roughly four-month sentence in federal prison for defying a congressional subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Peter Navarro, former Director of the U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing, gestures as he speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro will serve as “Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing” in his next White House term.
Navarro, 75, will be tasked with helping to “successfully advance and communicate the Trump Manufacturing, Tariff, and Trade Agendas,” Trump wrote in a pair of Truth Social posts revealing the pick.
Navarro was previously a top trade aide for Trump during his first term.
The selection came less than five months after