Fox Host Hits Back At Trump Adviser’s ‘Rogue’ Talk With Ice Cold Reality Check | EUROtoday

Fox Business host Liz Claman shut down White House commerce adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday as he dismissed a federal commerce court docket ruling that blocked Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs simply moments earlier than information broke of a federal appeals court docket reinstating them.

Navarro, when requested why the administration has used an “economic emergency justification” for the tariffs, mentioned that the administration didn’t assume the courts would overturn the sweeping import taxes.

“We feel like we’re on very strong legal ground,” mentioned Navarro, who was reportedly “sidelined” on Trump’s authorized workforce early final month.

He later continued to deal with the commerce court docket’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?”

Navarro shortly shot again, “There was one appointed by Donald Trump —”

“And one by Reagan,” Claman added.

Navarro went on to check with the Trump appointee on the commerce court docket earlier than calling the Reagan appointee — Judge Jane Restani, who wrote Wednesday’s resolution — as a “free trader.”

Navarro wasn’t alone in his criticism as senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller reacted to the commerce court docket ruling on X, previously Twitter, writing that the “judicial coup is out of control” and “we are living under a judicial tyranny.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt advised reporters Thursday that the three-judge panel additionally “brazenly abused their judicial power” and regarded to “usurp the authority of President Trump to stop him from carrying out the mandate that the American people gave him.”

Their feedback on the ruling largely replicate Trump’s repeated assaults on judges who don’t fall in keeping with him or his administration’s insurance policies.

In his Fox look on Thursday, Navarro — reacting to Claman breaking the information on the federal appeals court docket pausing the commerce court docket’s resolution — mentioned the ruling was “fully expected” as others have been “wrong on the law.”