Top GOP senator says Trump should 'put a bunch of cotton' in the mouth of a trade adviser who claimed the US was going to dump the China trade deal

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• Sen. Chuck Grassley said that President Trump. should "put a bunch of cotton" in the mouth of Peter Navarro, a hawkish trade advisor who claimed the trade deal with China was "over" on Monday night.
• "Just put a sock in his mouth, and don't let him speak publicly," Grassley told reporters during a Wednesday conference call.
• Navarro's comments prompted stock futures to tank 340 points and drew a swift rebuttal from Trump who declared the deal "fully intact" several hours later.
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A prominent GOP senator said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should "put a bunch of cotton" in the mouth of Peter Navarro, a top trade advisor who nearly tanked the US-China trade deal by declaring it "over." 

Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a conference call to reporters that Trump should attempt to muzzle Navarro after he declared the agreement dead.

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