Peter Navarro is the sort of expert Pres. Trump admires, Nicole Hemmer writes for CNNOpinion: well-credentialed at something (even if it's not the field in question), TV-ready and willing to jettison any knowledge that conflicts with the President's aims.
Nicole Hemmer is an associate research scholar at Columbia University with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project and the author of"Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics." She hosts the history podcast"Past Present" and created the podcast"A12." The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , has yet to embrace hydroxychloroquine, the drug the President touts, without evidence, as a miracle treatment for Covid-19. But someone in the administration has stepped up to promote the drug: Peter Navarro.Nicole HemmerNavarro may seem like an odd person to be stepping into this role. Unlike Fauci, an infectious disease specialist who has directed NIAID under six presidents, Navarro is an economist. His principal role in the White House is to oversee trade policy.But Navarro is ready to put his credentials up against Fauci's any day.
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