Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out'
Trump trade adviser issued the warning amid ongoing trade disputes and import bans between the US and Canada.
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White House adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday told Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out' of Washington. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
Photograph: CBC News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, told Canadian lobbyists in Washington to 'get the hell out of our country'.
- Navarro issued the warning during a trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada, which included import bans and tariffs.
- He suggested Canadian politicians were acting in their political self-interest, naming Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
- Navarro did not specify how Canada might interfere in U.S. elections.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 8 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
41/100
8 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, told Canadian lobbyists in Washington to 'get the hell out of our country'. Navarro made the remarks during a conference in Washington on Tuesday, amid an ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada. Import bans and tariffs were in effect between the two nations.
Navarro suggested that Canadian politicians, including Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, were acting in their political self-interest rather than for the good of the Canadian people. He did not elaborate on how Canada might interfere in U.S. elections.
Disagreement on context for remarks
CBC News reported that Navarro's comments came on the same day that Trump's latest trade escalation took effect, with some Canadian alcohol products, dairy byproducts, motorcycles, and molasses shut out of the U.S. market. Asriran.com stated the comments came as U.S. President Donald Trump's import bans on about $1 billion worth of Canadian exports took effect, and both governments imposed double-digit tariff increases after trade talks collapsed last month. CP24 reported that U.S. President Donald Trump had escalated the U.S. trade war with Canada after a ban on imports of certain Canadian goods took effect at midnight.
What the coverage left out
None of the reports printed below mention the specific figure of $1 billion in Canadian exports affected by U.S. import bans, as stated by asriran.com. The left-rated reports from Politico and CBC News did not include the specific quote from Navarro telling lobbyists to 'get the hell out of our country', though CBC News did quote him saying Canada would 'pay even more dearly'.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 29 Sept 2026, 20:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
2 rated outlets
- The left-rated reports led on Peter Navarro's warning to Canadian lobbyists. Politico reported that Trump's trade adviser also told Canadians lobbying on K Street to 'get the hell out of our country' during an event in Washington on Tuesday morning. CBC News's headline stated that the trade adviser said Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if it interferes in U.S. midterms. Both reports mentioned the trade dispute and import bans.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports focused on Navarro's direct admonishment of Canadian lobbyists. CP24's headline stated that the Trump adviser told Canadian lobbyists to ‘get the hell out of the U.S.’ CTV News reported the headline 'Get the hell out of our country': Trump trade adviser takes aim at Canadian lobbyists. Political Wire and Bloomberg both reported that Navarro told Canadian lobbyists to ‘Get the Hell Out’ of the US. These reports also noted the ongoing trade war and import bans.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out'?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 33% are rated left, 67% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 8. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out' left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out' biased?
- Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out' is one event reported by 8 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out'?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Peter Navarro tells Canadian lobbyists to 'get the hell out'?
- 8 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Peter Navarro tell Canadian lobbyists?
- Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, told Canadian lobbyists in Washington to 'get the hell out of our country'. He made these remarks during a conference amid an ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada.
- Why did Peter Navarro issue this warning?
- Navarro issued the warning during a trade dispute that included import bans and tariffs between the U.S. and Canada. He suggested that Canadian politicians were acting in their political self-interest and warned of repercussions if Canada interfered in U.S. elections.
- Did Navarro specify how Canada might interfere in elections?
- No, Peter Navarro did not elaborate on how Canada might interfere in U.S. elections. The reports indicate that he did not provide specific details about potential interference.
Read it at the source
8 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
2Centre
4- Trump adviser tells Canadian lobbyists to ‘get the hell out of the U.S.’ Live updates here. (opens CP24 in a new tab)
- 'Get the hell out of our country': Trump trade adviser takes aim at Canadian lobbyists (opens CTV News in a new tab)
- Navarro Tells Canadian Lobbyists to ‘Get the Hell Out’ (opens Political Wire in a new tab)
Political Wire — is Political Wire biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Navarro Tells Canadian Lobbyists to ‘Get the Hell Out’ of US (opens Bloomberg in a new tab)
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
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