The public battle between President Trump's economic and medical advisers stretched into another day after Peter Navarro, the senior White House trade official, apparently broke protocol by publishing an opinion article trashing Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The White House communications office insisted Navarro did not clear his article through them before it was published in USA Today. But the sentiment he expressed -- that Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, had been wrong on multiple occasions during the pandemic -- was the same one White House officials espoused over the weekend when they questioned his record to reporters.Trump on Wednesday brushed off the episode in the Oval Office.
Yet no officials said whether Navarro would face official recriminations for his actions. A hawkish voice on trade and other matters, Navarro is a favorite of Trump's and has retained his standing with the President even as he grates on other senior officials.Trump has said publicly he appreciates having advisers with divergent viewpoints, and former officials say he often pits opposing aides against one another.
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