Trump Official Calls News Outlets That Negatively Report On The President 'Treasonous'

Peter Navarro’s comments come on the heels of Trump banning several news outlets from the White House.

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Top advisor to US President Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, defended the president’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

Appearing on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast on Saturday, Navarro claimed news outlets that “falsely” report negative things about the economy, Trump’s tariffs and the war in Iran are “treasonous.”

“That weighs heavily on sentiment and becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. They want that to happen; they want a bad economy going into the election,” Navarro said. “And the security thing, these........

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