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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1533318)4/11/2025 9:10:46 PM
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Tenchu's Thoughts - The Milli Vanilli of Economics

How Trump's tariff expert Peter Navarro made up a fake expert for his book 'Death By China' (Times of India)

Trump adviser Peter Navarro and 'economics expert Ron Vara' are same person, NYT reported in 2019 (Snopes)

Report: Kushner found Trump advisor Navarro by browsing Amazon (The Hill)

Long story short, back during Trump's first campaign to become president, he asked his son-in-law Jared Kushner to find him an economic advisor. Trump wanted someone who could make him look tough, talk tough, and act tough against China.

So what does Jared do? Go onto Amazon and find a book called "Death By China." He thought that title was "cool," so he cold-called the book's author, Peter Navarro, and gave him a job.

Navarro certainly had good credentials as an economic academician, having post-graduate degrees from Harvard in public administration and economics, and being a prolific writer and researcher. But he had no experience in government until he joined the Trump campaign.

Anyway, this guy has an obsession with tariffs and frequently cited an "expert" named "Ron Vara" in "Death By China," the book that Kushner just happened to find on Amazon.

Here's the catch. "Ron Vara" is completely made up. It's an anagram of Peter Navarro's last name.

That got exposed by the NYTimes in 2019, but the story seemed to have faded from the public's collective memory.

Fast-forward to today. Trump starts his glorious trade war of choice and ends up wiping out $11 trillion in wealth. He crashed markets and is risking a 21st century global depression.

All due to a fake expert that was found by a simple search on Amazon.

Ladies and gentlemen (and non-binaries), I state the obvious: Peter Navarro is the Milli Vanilli of economics.

"Ron Vara" is to Navarro what "Adrian Dittman" is to Elon Musk.

And these are the people who are in charge in the Trump regime.

Tenchusatsu

P.S. - Jim Cramer considers himself an acolyte of Peter Navarro. How embarrassing. No wonder Cramer gets things wrong more often than not.
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