rump put someone fresh out of jail in charge of trade policy

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Published: Apr. 03, 2025, 3:20 p.m.
By Lauren Sforza | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

A GOP insider torched President Donald Trump for tapping Peter Navarro to lead his administration’s trade policy as the White House doubles down on its latest tariff announcement.

Marc Short, the former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, criticized Trump on Thursday for choosing Navarro to shape his economic policies. Navarro was released from federal prison last year after completing a four-month sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the January 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol.

“I think it’s not always the best idea to take somebody fresh out of jail and put them in charge of your trade policy, as Peter Navarro is right now. ... I think there’s been a lot of mockery in what a sophomoric formula has actually been put in place here,” Short said on CNN ...

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/04/gop-insider-trump-put-someone-fresh-out-of-jail-in-charge-of-trade-policy.html

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1. tariffs include uninhabited islands

The Australian territory in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean was slapped with 10 percent tariffs on all its exports, despite the icy archipelago having zero residents -- other than many seals, penguins and other birds.

Strings of ocean specks around the globe, including Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Comoros off the coast of Africa, were likewise subjected to 10 percent new tariffs.

Another eye-catching inclusion in the tariffs list was Myanmar, which is digging out from an earthquake that left nearly 3,000 people dead, and whose exports to the United States will now face 44 percent in new levies.

Britain's Falkland Islands -- population 3,200 people and around one million penguins -- got particular punishment ...

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands

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2. Bizarre way rump's team calculated reciprocal tariffs

After much internet speculation, the White House confirmed the math behind U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs. Andrew Chang breaks down the formula used to determine what each country owes and explains why the math is misleading.

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3. Advisor Goes Nuts Screaming About Tariffs Being Good

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4. Probably picked up a lot of experience

trading cheetos and cigs for pop tarts and ramen.

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5. I'd be more shocked if he hadn't.