Thread: Globalists Seize Control of White House Trade Shop

Globalists Seize Control of White House Trade Shop

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AP/Alex Brandon

by JOHN CARNEY27 Sep 2017


President Donald Trump will likely find it harder to put in place trade policies designed to protect American jobs and technology thanks to chief of staff John Kelly’s latest maneuver.

Kelly has put the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, run by economist Peter Navarro, under the National Economic Council, headed by former Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn, Politco reports. The move means that Navarro, a strong voice for nationalist trade policies inside the White House, will now report to Cohn, who has led the opposition to many of the policies–such as tariffs–proposed by Navarro.
In other words, the globalists have mounted a hostile takeover of the nationalist trade office in the White House.

Giving Cohn supervision over the trade shop is a strange choice. Trump has expressed frustration at the pace of change when it comes to trade policy, telling Kelly “I want tariffs.” CNN reported that Trump has directed much of his frustration about the lack of progress on trade at Cohn. Now Cohn will be the boss of the main advocate of tariffs in the White House.

The globalist faction in the White House hopes Navarro will leave following what amounts to a demotion. Navarro, however, tried to downplay the change in a statement to Politico.

“I’m a chain of command guy and will follow Chief Kelly’s orders,” Navarro said in the statement to POLITICO. “The chief has assured me I will continue to have the same seat and voice at the president’s decision-making table.”

Politco reports:


Kelly’s decision to have Navarro report to Cohn, who has pushed behind the scenes to temper Trump’s hardline instincts, could further isolate the former economics professor. Cohn is Navarro’s “nemesis,” according to an associate of Navarro’s. The two men have sometimes yelled at each other during White House trade meetings, and Cohn has often been dismissive of Navarro’s policy proposals.


In the statement, Navarro said there is “a certain logic to having a Harvard Ph.D. economist join the National Economic Council,” adding that he was promised that his office “would remain an essential part of the policy development process.”


Navarro has found himself with fewer allies in the White House since the departure of Steve Bannon and other trade hawks. Navarro’s West Wing critics hope the reassignment will lead to his ultimate resignation, though people close to Navarro say he has no intention of leaving.

Navarro is not quite alone on trade in the administration. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is also an advocate for trade policies that would protect American interests and recently gave a speech laying out the framework for a new approach to trade. In that speech, Lighthizer described China’s mercantilism as “an unprecedented threat.”

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Trump's Chief of Staff, John Kelly, is the enemy! He seems to be working against many of Trump's campaign promises.

Navarro is not quite alone on trade in the administration. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is also an advocate for trade policies that would protect American interests and recently gave a speech laying out the framework for a new approach to trade. In that speech, Lighthizer described China’s mercantilism as “an unprecedented threat.”

And Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce, who is very much a supporter of protected and fair trade like Trump.

Trump's been "alone" on trade policy for 40 years, he is the only significant person with media attention who has EVER spoken out against our stupid and destructive trade policies. It's why he won the election and why Wall Street Traders cheered when he did.

Neither John Kelly nor anyone else can or will ever change Donald Trump on trade policy or as time will prove on immigration policy. I don't know if John Kelly will prove to be a good White House Chief of Staff. There are still far too many leaks, still too much gossip and speculation, and way too much sharing with the media anonymous unverified reports of how the President feels about this or that or what he said inside the White House. So Kelly has so far not found the moles or chatty kathies. Maybe some of them, but certainly not all of them, assuming the reports aren't just total fabrications of someone's sick imagination.

Judy wrote (excerpt):

Neither John Kelly nor anyone else can or will ever change Donald Trump on trade policy or as time will prove on immigration policy. I don't know if John Kelly will prove to be a good White House Chief of Staff. There are still far too many leaks, still too much gossip and speculation, and way too much sharing with the media anonymous unverified reports of how the President feels about this or that or what he said inside the White House. So Kelly has so far not found the moles or chatty kathies. Maybe some of them, but certainly not all of them, assuming the reports aren't just total fabrications of someone's sick imagination.

Why do you keep setting yourself up like this? Trump is constantly evolving, flip-flopping, reversing course or what have you, especially on immigration.

As for Kelly, he is structuring the White House more to fit his agenda than he is Trump's. In my opinion, you're woefully underestimating the influence those folks Trump has decided to surround himself with are having on his previously stated policy positions. I'm talking about the positions that got him elected.

We'll see soon who is setting themselves up and "woefully underestimating" whom.