"I want more. I want disclose the bad deal, borrow more in a second bad deal, borrow more in a third bad deal, and then renounce all the debt."
"Well, yes. I mean, not that we would build another harbor for them for free, but they would be no worse off for wear."
"It would serve them right, by the way."
"Fine. Borrow the first, then borrow the second, then borrow the third. Raise your debt to $10-, $20 trillion, and then renounce it all, and then still have complete access to all the Western financial..."
"I have commended President Trump for not ignoring the problems with China."
"I am particularly interested in the idea of the U.S. Government setting standards for a high-quality infrastructure."
"The trade deficit we have with China is the largest trade deficit in the history of mammalian life."
"China's policies are so extreme, so outrageous, that they have done the impossible. They have gotten Democrats and Republicans to agree."
"while today we are told that the world domination of China is inevitable, 25 years ago, when I was just beginning to run for Congress, I could find 12 books that told me that Japan would be dominating..."
"But we are told the way to get tough with China is to ignore the devastation done especially to our Midwest by their trade policies, and instead, spend a few hundred billion dollars fighting over isle..."
"My record is not one of unwavering support for the current occupant of the White House, but I want to commend the President for at least focusing our attention on China's unfair trade practices and th..."