Navarro went on John Berman’s New Day show on CNN on Monday to explain that while he may not be qualified to tie his shoes, he is a “scientist.” Berman showed Dr. Fauci speaking on a Sunday morning news show, explaining that the scientific benefits of hydroxychloroquine were nowhere near definitive and should not be presented as such. To this, Navarro attempted a both-sides rhetorical trick, saying he would let Fauci “speak for himself but I'll have two words for you: second opinion.” That’s not how second opinions work, dumbass. Berman then asked Navarro: “Why is Dr. Anthony Fauci, the lead infectious disease doctor in this country, wrong about this?” Navarro’s answer was amazing.

ANTHONY NAVARRO: Let me suggest, John, that later in the day, you have William Grace on, another famous doctor in the city of New York. He has, he can talk eloquently about this.

(Side note: Dr. William Grace is an oncologist that Fox News’ Laura Ingraham had on her show who spoke glowingly of hydroxychloroquine. Ingraham then extrapolated this anecdotal opinion into a tweet claiming hydroxychloroquine was a miracle drug. Her post was taken down from the social media platform for being misinformation.)

NAVARRO: But John, doctors disagree about things all the time. My qualifications in terms of looking at the science is that I'm a social scientist. I have a PhD and I understand how to read statistical studies, whether it's in medicine, the law, economics or whatever.

Wowsers. I’ve been working on a PhD in bullshit-detecting, and people like Peter Navarro are so basic they don’t allow us to write about them for our thesis project since it’s considered low-hanging fruit. Frankly, Navarro’s only meaningful opinion on anything might be thoughts on the evolution of men’s hair pomade since the 1950s until now. Berman, to his credit, responded to this attack on reality, saying: “I'm sorry, that doesn't qualify you to treat patients. You know it doesn't qualify to you treat patients.”

Navarro proceeded to do the now hackneyed back peddling the Trump administration is known for, coupled with the arrogant rhetoric of the fragile-ego’d imbecile (also a Trump administration mainstay), saying that there are good people on both sides and everyone is misunderstanding everything. This is done while providing not a single bit of evidence to support any one of his statements.