Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote an article in the Financial Times on tariffs insisting “this is not a negotiation” at 1:45 p.m. yesterday — exactly half an hour before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced formal negotiations with Japan.
The White House later deleted a post on X endorsing Navaaro’s op-ed.
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