Trump welcomes Peter Navarro back to the White House with top role after his prison stint for defying January 6 subpoena

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that helium was appointing Peter Navarro, a erstwhile advisor who spent clip successful situation aft the Jan. 6 onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol, to a key White House role. 

Navarro, 75, volition beryllium senior counselor for commercialized and manufacturing, Trump said connected his Truth Social website.

It means a convict, who served 4 months successful situation for refusing to comply with subpoenas demanding helium springiness up grounds related to the Jan. 6 riot, volition beryllium cardinal to 1 of Trump's astir important argumentation areas. 

'I americium pleased to denote that Peter Navarro, a antheral who was treated horribly by the Deep State, oregon immoderate other you would similar to telephone it, volition service arsenic my elder counsellor for commercialized and manufacturing,' Trump said successful his announcement. 

'During my archetypal term, fewer were much effectual oregon tenacious than Peter successful enforcing my 2 ineffable rules, Buy American, Hire American.'

Navarro was 1 of 2 Trump loyalists who served clip successful prison, on with Steve Bannon, for refusing to springiness grounds to a Congressional probe into the Jan. 6 attack.  

He claimed his condemnation was the effect of the 'partisan weaponization of the judicial system.'

He was released days earlier the Republican National Convention successful July. 'I went to situation truthful you won't person to,' helium told an ecstatic audience.

Navarro was 1 of a drawstring of appointments announced by Trump Wednesday, arsenic helium continues to soma retired the elder ranks of his administration.  

He said helium had asked Michael Whatley to enactment connected arsenic president of the Republican National Committee. 

The president-elect besides announced that helium was nominating Daniel Driscoll arsenic Army secretary, Jared Isaacman arsenic NASA head and Adam Boehler arsenic his peculiar statesmanlike envoy for hostage affairs.

The instrumentality of Navarro shows the value Trump places connected loyalty.

Navarro was 1 of the loudest voices successful claiming that the 2020 predetermination was rigged and shared dossiers filled with debunked claims arsenic portion of a run to reverse the outcome.

He was 1 of the earliest China hawks successful the administration. 

And during the archetypal medication helium clashed repeatedly with Trump's economical advisers arsenic helium pushed Trump to prosecute a tougher enactment connected commercialized and tariffs.

He was besides portion of Trump's pandemic effect team. 

The president often called him 'my Pete' successful private.

Trump has enactment tariffs astatine the bosom of his argumentation docket for a 2nd term.

He has threatened to impost 25 percent levies connected partners specified arsenic Canada and Mexico, and punitive tariffs of 100 percent on Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa if they don't regularisation retired the thought of adopting a communal currency to instrumentality connected the dollar.