Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser, Peter Navarro, instructed a Sky News reporter to “stop that crap” during a discussion about the US president’s tariffs policy.
Navarro maintained that Mr. Trump was “negotiating strategically” after Sky’s correspondent, Mark Stone, noted the president’s frequent shifts in stance.
Initially, Trump had announced a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum on Tuesday, but later halted the plan.
However, 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the US are now in effect, impacting UK products worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Navarro stated: “The policy is ‘no exemptions, no exclusions,’ and that stance will change only if the president’s policy changes.
“However, the ‘no exemptions, no exclusions’ policy exists for a reason because when we, as a country, extended such gestures to our allies, they took advantage of us; that won’t happen again.”

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Stone countered: “The president seems to be changing his mind hourly. What are your views on the fact that…”

Navarro replied: “Sir, you don’t understand what a negotiation looks like. The president is negotiating strategically. So stop with the rhetoric, okay? Just stop that crap.”