“The economics expert that Peter Navarro has long cited to explain why he’s so gung-ho on tariffs, this person, Ron Vara, is a made-up person. He is a fictional person. Peter Navarro invented Ron Vara as his expert source, so he could quote this expert source over and over and over again in his crackpot books.”
I cheated and looked up the answer:
And he even made the fake economist an anagram of his own last name.
Reality is so fucking dumb. Ughhhh
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/peter-navarro-ron-vara-trump-china-intl-hnk/index.html
2019 story about it.
John Barron and Ron Vara are friends.
They’re best friends!
https://youtu.be/QGu0m08Etm8
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