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Peter Navarro: “It's the single highest source of narcotics and, and…”

Featuring: Peter Navarro, Republican | Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, Trump Administration | National

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FULL GAGGLE: Navarro Says Trump's Tariffs Being Taken Down In Court 'Will Be The End Of The U.S.'

Published | Video Starts at 20:09

We closed that. Now, here's what Americans should be feeling now. Gratitude for President Trump. Because this de minimis loophole has been one where counterfeits and pirated goods are coming in. It's the single highest source of narcotics and, and fentanyl being smuggled across the borders. Okay. If you understand how this works, it's like these small packages, they don't register them, they don't tell us what it in. They just come in, nobody looks at them. (20:09–20:19)

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Asserts that the de minimis loophole is the primary source of narcotics and fentanyl smuggling.

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