Trump adviser Navarro defends US response in angry CBS interview

Trump coronavirus tsar Peter Navarro defended the administration’s pandemic response on CBS on Sunday night, angrily challenging his hosts to show him they had covered pandemic preparations under previous administrations.

So 60 Minutes did.

“I challenge you,” said Navarro, “show me the 60 Minutes episode a year ago, two years ago, or during the Obama administration, during the Bush administration that said, ‘Hey, global pandemic’s coming, you gotta do x, y and z, and, by the way, we gotta shut down the economy to fight it.

“Show me that episode....