Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro insisted no country would dare retaliate for Trump's tariffs. He was so wrong.

Peter Navarro.
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It's been four months since President Trump teased steel and aluminum tariffs on some of America's biggest trade partners. It's also been four months since White House trade adviser Peter Navarro guessed the result of those tariffs way, way wrong.

When Navarro appeared on Fox Business Network's Mornings with Maria on March 2 to defend the then-rumored tariffs, host Maria Bartiromo asked how countries would react to the taxes.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.