Lulu Garcia Navarro
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Like currency manipulation, like counterfeiting and piracy, the use of pollution havens, things like that.
Like currency manipulation, like counterfeiting and piracy, the use of pollution havens, things like that.
Oh, it's just, you know, it's just radical, crazy guy, you know, this kind of thing, right? And I thought, look, these people don't get it, except among all of the corporations and unions and plain old folk that were getting just hammered by that. It's like, okay, let's keep going on this. And I'm thinking, you know what? People...
Oh, it's just, you know, it's just radical, crazy guy, you know, this kind of thing, right? And I thought, look, these people don't get it, except among all of the corporations and unions and plain old folk that were getting just hammered by that. It's like, okay, let's keep going on this. And I'm thinking, you know what? People...
read books but not a lot of them anymore so let's do the movie and then he also creates a documentary which is narrated by martin sheen and it was the same kind of reaction hollywood and it's like oh you're exaggerating stuff
read books but not a lot of them anymore so let's do the movie and then he also creates a documentary which is narrated by martin sheen and it was the same kind of reaction hollywood and it's like oh you're exaggerating stuff
When I did my Death by China movie I went to Dayton and I saw the people who would otherwise be in factories walking around with shopping carts, stealing copper out of homes and buildings, whatever they could, and then going and using the money to get high.
When I did my Death by China movie I went to Dayton and I saw the people who would otherwise be in factories walking around with shopping carts, stealing copper out of homes and buildings, whatever they could, and then going and using the money to get high.
President Trump, the way we intersected was through an interview, interestingly enough, that he did for the Los Angeles Times in 2011.
President Trump, the way we intersected was through an interview, interestingly enough, that he did for the Los Angeles Times in 2011.
And he proceeded to do something I'm not sure I could even do. He listed his top 10 books by title and author. And I was number six, the Coming China Award.
And he proceeded to do something I'm not sure I could even do. He listed his top 10 books by title and author. And I was number six, the Coming China Award.
What I try to do is see problems and solve them. And the problem I saw crystal clear is the unfair trade that was driving up these large trade deficits. and shutting down our factories and creating just all sorts of misery for blue-collar workers.
What I try to do is see problems and solve them. And the problem I saw crystal clear is the unfair trade that was driving up these large trade deficits. and shutting down our factories and creating just all sorts of misery for blue-collar workers.
It was always the same, like Mnuchin and Cohn and Kudlow and all these people, they just didn't buy in. And the defining moment for me in terms of when I finally was able to, um, began doing what the president wanted me to do, it was about four months in, and he made the famous where's my Peter call.
It was always the same, like Mnuchin and Cohn and Kudlow and all these people, they just didn't buy in. And the defining moment for me in terms of when I finally was able to, um, began doing what the president wanted me to do, it was about four months in, and he made the famous where's my Peter call.
It's like he's sitting around with these guys, four months in, nothing's happening at all, and he goes, where's my Peter? I go over there, and I have this like battle with Cohn and whatever, and then some months later, I'm able with Wilbur Ross to get the steel and aluminum tariffs in, and Cohn leaves like a crying little baby in a huff.
It's like he's sitting around with these guys, four months in, nothing's happening at all, and he goes, where's my Peter? I go over there, and I have this like battle with Cohn and whatever, and then some months later, I'm able with Wilbur Ross to get the steel and aluminum tariffs in, and Cohn leaves like a crying little baby in a huff.
So just to clarify, I went to prison not because I didn't want to cooperate with an investigation, but because it was my dutyβ as a senior White House official, to refuse to appear when issued an unlawful congressional subpoena. That case is being litigated. It was unfortunate. They put me in prison until they should have waited until my appeal ran its course.
So just to clarify, I went to prison not because I didn't want to cooperate with an investigation, but because it was my dutyβ as a senior White House official, to refuse to appear when issued an unlawful congressional subpoena. That case is being litigated. It was unfortunate. They put me in prison until they should have waited until my appeal ran its course.