Fox Business host Liz Claman shut down White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday as he brushed off a federal trade court ruling that blocked Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs just moments before news broke of a federal appeals court reinstating them.
Navarro, when asked why the administration has used an “economic emergency justification” for the tariffs, said that the administration didn’t assume the courts would overturn the sweeping import taxes.
“We feel like we’re on very strong legal ground,” said Navarro, who was reportedly “sidelined” on Trump’s legal team early last month.
He later continued to address the trade court’s ruling, “And with respect to the legal arguments themselves, these are rogue judges that are basically —”
Claman swiftly interjected, “One was appointed by Donald Trump. That’s a rogue judge?”
