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How Scott Bessent got Trump ‘over the finish line’ on tariff pause - Washington Examiner

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White House officials maintain that the senior counselor for trade Peter Navarro , Scott Bessent , Howard Lutnick , and U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer all have played an equal part in advising the president on implementing his tariffs.

But throughout this week , as the White House publicly flipped its tune on pausing implementation to allow bilateral trade negotiations to take place, Navarro has taken more of a backseat.

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt asked if he was physically “in the room” with Trump when he elected to put a pause in place on Wednesday afternoon .

Navarro shot back at Hunt , saying: “That’s the wrong question to ask. Was I part of the process? You don’t understand how this works.” Navarro went to prison for this..

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