Fox Business host ridicules “Peter Navarro and his reciprocal trade–girl math that's kneecapping the United States”
Dagen McDowell: “The quicker that they get him off of TV and away from numbers, the better”
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From the April 7, 2025, edition of Fox Business' The Bottom Line
DAGEN MCDOWELL (CO-HOST): To be clear, I am all-in on a fair, level trading field. I am all-in on level tariffs with all nations. But I am not all-in on Peter Navarro and his reciprocal trade–girl math that's kneecapping the United States, because the trade deficit is not a hallmark of all the cheating that goes on. And I go back to something he said last week, that "we have calculated the tariff rate required to eliminate the trade deficit."
The United States issues the world's reserve currency. You can't eliminate the trade deficit. The quicker that they get him off of TV and away from numbers, the better. And I'm not going to call it girl math anymore, I'm going to call it Navarro math.
JACKIE DEANGELIS (CO-HOST): I actually think they realize that. I think they realize Bessent should be the point person on this, and they're putting him out there. I think they're gonna pull back on Lutnick, I think they're gonna pull back on Navarro a little bit too. They need to get clear on their messaging and make sure there's no nuance in there.