In this March 27, 2020, file photo, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who will now serve as national defense production act policy coordinator, left, speaks about the coronavirus as President Donald Trump listens, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. Navarro’s eagerness to confront, attack and be, as one former associate put it, “a real jerk to people” didn’t serve him well as a political candidate in the 1990s. But it fits what Trump was looking for to muscle companies to make critical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
By David Sherfinski – The Washington Times – Monday, May 11, 2020