'He's on a downward spiral': Trump advisor bashes Mike Pence after Trump remarks

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro took a swipe at Mike Pence during a live CNN interview, where he said the former vice president has been “disowned by the entire MAGA movement.”

The jab came Tuesday when Navarro appeared on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” to discuss President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policy and the administration’s upcoming trade talks with China. But the conversation took a sharp turn when Collins brought up Pence’s recent criticism of the tariff strategy.

“He says going this big and this broad is not a win for the American people,” said Collins, whose exclusive interview with Pence aired Monday. “And he's very concerned about what this is going to result in.”

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“Mike, you know, I loved Mike during the first term, but he really squandered his political career,” Navarro said. “Part of it was the fact that his chief of staff, somebody who appears frequently here, Marc Short, got him on this free trade rather than fair trade thing, and it's been a downward spiral ever since.”

He added: “He's been disowned by the entire MAGA movement and the Republican Party.”

That’s when Collins pushed back, noting that Pence had long held free trade views and that MAGA backlash stemmed from his actions on January 6 when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.

But Navarro doubled down: “If you're telling me what you just told me, then his views on trade are wrong.”

“I’m just saying MAGA has not abandoned him because of that, it’s because he didn’t overturn the election,” Collins responded.

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