White House economic adviser: People don't care about Trump corruption

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

During an interview on NPR on Tuesday morning, Peter Navarro, director of the White House National Trade Council, deflected concerns about the Trump family profiting from its business dealings with China at the same time they’re developing policy toward the country by asserting that the American people simply don’t care about their conflicts of interest and corruption.

Host Steve Inskeep alluded to recent reports about Ivanka Trump getting new Chinese trademarks and a state-owned Chinese construction company investing $500 million in a Trump-branded project in Indonesia, and asked Navarro, “as you know, the president has maintained ownership of his company, has business interests around the world. His daughter, Ivanka Trump, has business interests in China and just got a bunch more trademarks approved. How do you reassure people that in all of his decisions, the president is acting in the national interest rather than his interests or family’s business interests?”

Navarro did not try and reassure people that Trump is actually acting in the national interest. Instead, he suggested that the question itself is offensive, and argued that people have more important things to worry about.

“I think it’s unfortunate when anybody takes the discussion in that direction,” Navarro said. “I think the American people would rather focus on how to stop China from taking the seed corn of our future prosperity, so that’s what I’m focused on. Can we stay on that, sir?”

But the Trump family’s conflicts of interest can impact policy. For instance, shortly after the state-owned Chinese construction company decided to invest $500 million in the Trump-branded project, President Trump posted a bizarre tweet on behalf of the Chinese phone company ZTE — a company that had been hit hard by the Commerce Department for violating a ban on American companies “selling components to ZTE for seven years after it illegally shipped goods made with U.S. parts to Iran and North Korea,” according to Reuters.

Link to tweet

https://thinkprogress.org/peter-navarro-dismisses-trump-family-conflicts-of-interest-corruption-npr-b6dd98e49af7/

[SWBTATTReg]

1. And you're full of it too!! This is total bs that we don't care about this ...

corruption...obviously RUMP is very concerned since he keeps harping and harping on 'no collusion' etc.

[tazkcmo]

2. MCGA

And Shitgibon richer.

[bobbieinok]

3. He meant 'OUR people (the only real 'mericans) don't care about Trump corruption'

[Chickensoup]

4. Peter Navarro thinks questioning whether TRUMP and his family are

benefiting from our trade policy is an offensive question.
No Mr Navarro you are the offensive one.
We the american people have the supreme right to know whether or not our president and his family
are corrupt.
we are sick and tired of member of this ,in my opinion, the most corrupt administration in
american history constantly displaying the most sensitive thin skin when it comes to transparency in
government. How then would you sit with the Chinese,
the Germans, the japanese and many other tough negotiators.
We are sick and tired of corrupt officials covering for a patent lying president. A man with no moral character
to refrain from attacking a dying american senator and a national hero.
We the American people deserve far better.

[msongs]

5. what one suspects a trump advisor would say nt

[Ilsa]

6. Whoever wants to compete with Ivanka in China might object. nt

[ProudLib72]

7. That is exactly what Kellyanne said about the taxes

There was a poll with something like 65% of Americans wanting the Rump to disclose his taxes, but Kellyanne assured us that not a single American was interested in his taxes.

So does this tactic of telling people that alternate facts are truth work? Evidently because here they go again with same old shit.