Peter Navarro to Newsmax: Dems ‘Overplayed Their Hand’ on Trump

The overturning of the $527 million civil penalty against President Donald Trump is just another example of how “Democrats really overplayed their hand” against Trump and really led Americans to lose “faith” in justice, according to White House senior adviser Peter Navarro.

“The Democrats really overplayed their hand on this because they thought they could take Donald Trump out: “They didn’t,” Navarro told Newsmax White House correspondent Mike Carter moments after the ruling in a clip that aired Thursday on “National Report.”

“And in the process, they destroyed the American people’s faith in our Justice Department — and got President Trump a lot of votes because of it.”

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