Peter Navarro, a top trade adviser to the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has took a swipe at Mike Pence, insisting that the former vice president squadared his political career.
Navarro took the jab at Pence on Tuesday when he appeared on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins”; to discuss President Trump’s sweeping tariff policy and the administration’s upcoming trade talks with China.
But the conversation took a quick turn when Collins brought up Pence’s recent criticism of Trump’s tariff strategy.
Recall that Pence had on Monday
The former VP warned that American consumers could soon feel the repercussions of Trump’s economic strategy and demand for change.
However, Navarro was not pleased with Pence’s remarks.
Navarro said: “Mike, you know, I loved Mike during the first term, but he really squandered his political career.
“Part of it was the fact that his chief of staff, somebody who appears frequently here, Marc Short, got him on this free trade rather than fair trade thing, and it’s been a downward spiral ever since,”; he said.
Navarro added: “He’s been disowned by the entire MAGA movement and the Republican Party.
“If you are telling me what you just told me, then his views on trade are wrong,”; he stated.
