Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. He is one of only three senior White House officials to serve with Donald Trump from the 2016 campaign to the end of President Trump’s first term.

Mr. Navarro was the West Wing’s chief China Hawk and manufacturing czar. He served as Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy and, during the pandemic, Defense Production Act Policy Coordinator.

His Communist China trilogy includes The Coming China Wars (2006), Death By China (2011), and Crouching Tiger (2015). His White House memoirs include In Trump Time and Taking Back Trump’s America. His top-rated Taking Back Trump’s America podcast appears on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Sign up for his substack at http://peternavarro.substack.com. He can be reached at takingbacktrumpsamerica@gmail.com.

Columns by Peter Navarro

Could Bureau of Prisons determine election outcome?

Little did I know when I went to federal prison in Miami in defense of our Constitution that I would moonlight as an investigative reporter and uncover a $5 billion waste of taxpayer money. Published October 15, 2024

Harris’ destructive policy agenda slams key battleground states

Kamala Harris' "woke," inflationary policies are gutting American manufacturing and energy production. Published October 8, 2024

Trump tariffs will facilitate fair trade

The Trump tariffs will make America and American manufacturing great again. Here's what you need to know. Published October 1, 2024

Campaigns of illusion: From Biden’s basement to Harris’ Potemkin village

Vice President Kamala Harris traffics in illusions and lies. She is savaging America's electoral process while setting this nation up for a likely economic collapse, possible world war and certain socialist coup. Published September 24, 2024

Trump scored a TKO over Harris in debate

The only thing the debate revealed was Vice President Kamala Harris' arrogance and, with all her childish facial features and over-animation as former President Donald Trump spoke, her immaturity. Published September 17, 2024

Trump debate preparation 101: Some helpful tips

Former President Donald Trump's preparation for Tuesday's debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC need consist only of watching two short videos. Published September 9, 2024

Tiananmen Tim Walz, our Manchurian VP candidate

The story of Kamala Harris' pick for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and his kowtowing relationship with China reads like a modern-day remake of "The Manchurian Candidate." Published September 3, 2024

Trump’s ultimate battleground twist: Taking on Big Pharma with Kennedy

"President Trump Will Make America Healthy Again." That's the title of a chapter from my new book, "The New MAGA Deal." Donald Trump's commitment to improving the health of all Americans -- particularly our children -- immediately puts into focus the shared interests of Mr. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as well as the strategic importance of Mr. Kennedy's timely endorsement of Mr. Trump. Published August 27, 2024

To win, Harris must promise to solve every problem she helped create

This election season, voters can blame either big government or big corporations for pernicious inflation now in a dead heat with border chaos as the issue most likely to decide the 2024 presidential race. Published August 20, 2024

Reimagining Trump Rally 1.0 to win in November

Since 2016, Donald Trump's more than 600 rallies have built an impregnable Republican base. Published August 13, 2024

How GOP can beat Kamala Harris

It's the Trump policy agenda, stupid. That's how to beat Vice President Kamala Harris -- with policy arguments, not gratuitous personal attacks. Published August 6, 2024

Trump behind bars or the Resolute Desk?

Will former President Donald Trump wind up in a New York prison rather than behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office? Published June 3, 2024

Bureau of Prisons thumbs its nose at Congress, taxpayers

The failure of the Bureau of Prisons to implement two major federal laws mandating sentence reductions for nonviolent and first-time offenders costs taxpayers billions of dollars annually. Published May 7, 2024

Navarro’s message from federal prison

As you read this, I have entered a federal prison. I am the first senior White House adviser ever to go to jail for a "crime" never before considered to be a crime, yet there are really two bigger stories for the American people to ponder. Published March 19, 2024