Amid reports of growing tension between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro slams the top health agency, saying 'it let the country down' on testing.
Amid reports of growing tension between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro slammed the top health agency on Sunday, saying"it let the country down" on testing.
"Early on in this crisis, the CDC, which really had the most trusted brand around the world in this space -- really let the country down with the testing. Not only did they keep the testing within the bureaucracy they had a bad test and that set us back," Navarro said on NBC's"Meet the Press.
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