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Peter Navarro

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Peter Navarro is an economist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, known for books warning about China's economic and military rise. He was Donald Trump's top White House trade adviser in the first administration and returned in the second as the president's senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. He served a jail sentence after being convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena.

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November 2025

White House aide rushes $620M Pentagon loan to a two-year-old startup

President Trump's senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. According to Defense Department records and interviews reviewed by ProPublica, he made the request that set the Vulcan loan in motion, the only deal under Pentagon review initiated by a top White House aide. He is a close friend of Donald Trump Jr., who hosted him on his streaming show a week before the loan was announced. His role was not publicly disclosed, and he did not respond to questions.

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