NEW: While Peter Navarro wrote memos privately warning coronavirus could kill millions here and inflict trillions of economic damage he was publicly saying there was "nothing to worry about" and the economy was not at risk from a slowdown in China.
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Many of Peter Navarro's appearances saying economic impact would be limited from the slowdown in China or that there was "nothing to worry about" were within just a couple days of his January and February memos.
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Here's Navarro's comment to CNN:
"'Nothing to worry about' indicates the American people should be confident in the strong leadership of President Trump handling the crisis, NOT the seriousness of the crisis itself. To suggest otherwise is simply mischief and fake news."
"'Nothing to worry about' indicates the American people should be confident in the strong leadership of President Trump handling the crisis, NOT the seriousness of the crisis itself. To suggest otherwise is simply mischief and fake news."
