'Just silly': Trump official laughs off CNN host's question on possible insider trading

President Donald Trump's economic adviser, Peter Navarro, appeared Thursday on CNN to answer questions about the tariffs and their impact on the U.S. economy.

Host Kasie Hunt noted that ahead of Trump's decision to pause the tariffs, he wrote on Truth Social that it was "a good time to buy stock."

"There were a lot of people who traded stock in between when that happened and when the pause was announced. Do you think that there is the possibility for insider and inappropriate trading in that?" Hunt asked.

Navarro laughed off the question.

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"I saw that — I saw like people try to make a big deal out of that, and come on, that's just such, such a stretch. I mean, come on. That's just a stretch. I won't even dignify that with any analytics on that. That's just silly," he claimed.

Hunt asked if Navarro traded any stocks in the past 48 hours, which he denied, saying he doesn't trade stocks, "once I get in here," meaning the White House.

"It's not what I — it's not my job to trade stocks," he added.

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