Two of Donald Trump's key trade advisors who have been counseling him onhis growing trade war which has been roiling the U.S. stock market were called out by the Washington Post's business columnist Catherine Rampell on Wednesday morning.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro scolded a reporter for questioning President Trump’s shifting approach to tariffs imposed against Canada and Mexico. Navarro, 75, gaggled with reporters Tuesday to defend Trump’s reversal on a threat to ratchet tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum up to 50%,