Steve Mnuchin and Peter Navarro Got Into a Profanity-Laced 'Screaming Match' on the China Trip

[DonViejo]

Trump Advisers Steve Mnuchin and Peter Navarro Got Into a Profanity-Laced ‘Screaming Match’ on the China Trip

Steven Mnuchin and Peter Navarro are at loggerheads on major Trump trade policies, and their disagreements are getting ugly.

LACHLAN MARKAY
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG

05.16.18 5:15 PM ET

Tensions between two top Donald Trump economic advisers spilled over during a recent trip to China earlier this month, resulting in what was described by administration officials as a “screaming match.”

The confrontation, which took place between Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House economic adviser Peter Navarro, came during a very important stretch of trade negotiations for this White House. And it underscored the deep divisions that have developed within the president’s economic team over a key pillar of the president’s agenda.

Navarro, a hardliner on trade, and Mnuchin, representative of the free-trader camp, have been at loggerheads for weeks over trade negotiations with China. That animus has grown deeper as it’s become clearer that the White House’s strongest protectionist voices are losing the internal argument.

According to four sources familiar with the matter, on the Thursday of the official visit, the U.S. team of principals—including Mnuchin, Navarro, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and chief White House economist Larry Kudlow—had scheduled meetings with Chinese officials.

The following day, Mnuchin, according to two sources, held a closed-door meeting with his Chinese counterpart, without the other U.S. officials. After he caught wind of Mnuchin’s move, Navarro exploded at the Treasury secretary. The confrontation devolved into several minutes of sniping, swearing, several “fucks,” and insults hurled between the two men. The confrontation happened on the lawn in front of the building where the talks were being conducted, according to a person familiar with what took place.

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[mopinko]

1. is there a single god damned grown up in this admin, anywhere?

jeebus.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Only adult left in Trump administration named "Mad Dog"

Dated 7/28/17

https://politics.theonion.com/only-adult-left-in-trump-administration-named-mad-dog-1819592872

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. Yes, but, but...they are all 100% loyal to tRump.

That's all that counts in tRump world.

...... ....... ........

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. So, when a weasel fights a syphilitic mongoose. You really can't root for either one. nt

[Skraxx]

5. Hyena's