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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

FOX Business Network's Mornings with Maria show anchor Maria Bartiromo, speaks during an interview, June 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Fox News muzzles Maria Bartiromo

The muzzling of Maria Bartiromo by Fox News Media Chief Executive Suzanne Scott should be a wake-up call to every Fox viewer who believes the network is pro-Trump and pro-MAGA.

September 8, 2026

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Warsh risks repeating Powell’s Fed mistakes

Kevin Warsh made a pilgrimage to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday to mark his 100th day as Federal Reserve chairman.

August 31, 2026

Election and voting security illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

CISA warnings expose America’s election security gaps

From 2019 through 2024, federal cybersecurity teams were invited to probe election software and networks. Their mission was straightforward: Find the weak points before adversaries could exploit them.

August 16, 2026

President Donald Trump protecting the U.S. quartz industry illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump draws the quartz line

With his recent proclamation protecting America's quartz industry from a devastating surge in imports, President Trump is once again standing squarely with American workers and manufacturers.

August 5, 2026

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci's diary illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Fauci diary tells the story of institutional cover-up

The Anthony S. Fauci diary, just released by Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is the talk of the town.

July 28, 2026

Illustration on lost ethical traditions in journalism by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The follow-the-money question ProPublica does not want asked

For years, ProPublica has built its reputation on a simple premise: Follow the money.

June 16, 2026

Crackdown on border fraud by the Customs and Border Protection agency illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump’s new order secures America’s customs border

A secure border means a safe and prosperous America. That is a central tenet of the Trump presidency.

June 7, 2026

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study and illegal immigration enforcement illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

NBER attacks Trump immigration enforcement with flawed labor research

When I was getting my Ph.D. in economics at Harvard back in the 1980s, no institution was more revered and respected than the National Bureau of Economic Research.

May 10, 2026

An undated portrait of Henry Clay of Kentucky. (AP Photo)

Henry Clay and the architecture of American strength

Before there was "America First," there was Henry Clay. Clay grasped the central lesson of the early republic: Political liberty cannot survive atop economic dependency.

April 14, 2026

Made in America Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Trump’s ‘Made in America’ order restores truth in labeling

President Trump's latest "Made in America" executive order takes direct aim at a global shell game in which foreign producers disguise, stretch and misrepresent where their goods come from.

March 19, 2026

Illustration on the sanctity of U.S. elections by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump right to revisit the 2020 elections

Washington is headed toward a constitutional collision over who controls America's elections.

February 19, 2026

Manufacturing revival in the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump has reversed the Biden-made manufacturing decline

As the Trump economy begins to boom even as inflation moderates, Democrats and the anti-Trump media are desperate for a spin that might discredit Trumponomics.

February 10, 2026

United States of America's aluminum and steel tariffs illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

New Oklahoma aluminum smelter proves Trump tariffs work

For nearly half a century, the United States failed to build a single new primary aluminum smelter. That drought is ending now.

January 27, 2026

People shop at the Somerset Collection mall, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Troy, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) ** FILE **

Inflation is contained, and the Fed should cut rates

The consumer price index report for December delivers three clear conclusions: Tariffs are not driving inflation, overall inflation is running near the Fed's target and the data supports a rate cut.

January 13, 2026

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Vanity Hit’s two-part, dangerous fiction factory

Taken together, parts one and two of Vanity Fair's Susie Wiles profile are not journalism. They are a case study in how legacy media manufactures menace.

December 17, 2025

Tariffs and the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

At the Supreme Court, a debate over whether tariffs are taxes

When the Supreme Court heard arguments on President Trump's emergency tariffs, plaintiffs opposed to the tariffs insisted, "Tariffs are taxes." That framing gets history and the law wrong.

November 10, 2025

Amazon and counterfeit products illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Amazon: The world’s biggest counterfeiter enabler

If you don't believe Amazon is a cesspool of counterfeiting and piracy, go to the website right now and type in the title of my new book, "I Went to Prison So You Won't Have To."

September 30, 2025

Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk’s legacy

Charles J. Kirk will go down in history as the most effective political organizer in presidential politics in the past 50 years.

September 17, 2025

The United States of America's tariffs against China protecting economy illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why the Trump tariffs should prevail at the Supreme Court

The Federal Circuit's majority decision striking down President Trump's emergency tariffs is a poster child of weaponized partisan injustice.

August 31, 2025

Securing pharmaceutical drug sources for the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump’s two-term pharmaceutical plan to secure America’s medicines

America cannot be secure, prosperous or sovereign if our medicine cabinet depends on foreign adversaries.

August 21, 2025