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KT2000

(20,568 posts)
8. this guy is nuts
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:19 AM
Jul 2020

this quote from Wiki reminds me of trump calling radio stations as John Baron etc.

"In six of his books about China, Navarro quotes a "Ron Vara", whom he describes as a China hawk and former Harvard PhD doctoral student in economics, and who says Sinophobic things about China and the Chinese. An investigation by the Chronicle of Higher Education found that no such person existed, and that Ron Vara (an anagram of Navarro) appeared to represent views that Navarro himself held.[106][107] Navarro has admitted to making up the character, an author surrogate, and quoting him in his books. Economist Glenn Hubbard, who co-authored Seeds of Destruction with Navarro,[108] has said he was not aware that Vara was fictional, and that he did not approve of Navarro attributing information to a fictional source.[109] In December 2019, a memo apparently authored by Ron Vara began circulating in Washington DC. The memo highlighted the "Keep Tariff Argument" and the use of tariffs against China a few days before an additional 15% tariff on $160 billion of Chinese made goods was set to be implemented. Navarro later confirmed that he had written the memo.[110]

ok dweller Jul 2020 #1
Navarro must have slept at a Holiday Inn last night. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #2
Navarro says "The lower the mortality rate, the faster and more we can open." thesquanderer Jul 2020 #13
We are so f**ked. sheshe2 Jul 2020 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Jul 2020 #4
Trumpers bully everyone, it seems. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2020 #5
As Jim Acosta answered True Blue American Jul 2020 #6
That's a Keeper Roy Rolling Jul 2020 #11
Republicans on a rampage against truth Champp Jul 2020 #7
this guy is nuts KT2000 Jul 2020 #8
Navarro lied and scammed his way into academic jobs dalton99a Jul 2020 #14
Whats next?? AZ8theist Jul 2020 #9
They're all connected bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #10
So they get him out of the picture Lulu KC Jul 2020 #12
Fauci has been right on MOST everything so far. He did tell people they didn't need masks early on. OverBurn Jul 2020 #15
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