Political Quotes

“finally, a word on China and North Korea. Yesterday, the President tweeted: ``While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi and China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!'' We will wait to see if this tweet actually signals a shift in U.S. policy--you never know with these tweets--but no doubt it is a confession that the President's conciliatory approach toward China has failed. Just months after he was elected, President Trump said he was willing to offer a better trade deal if China worked with us on North Korea-- going back on years of campaign rhetoric about getting tough on trade with China, which is something I have fully supported and opposed, frankly, both President Bush and President Obama for being too weak on trade with China. When I heard that President Trump, during the campaign, was going to be tough on China, I was glad. I thought this was an area in which we could work together. Yet the minute he sits down with Xi, Xi sort of wins him over, and he says: Well, we will get something out of North Korea. I told the President on the telephone that China will not back off and help us with North Korea unless they feel the sting of economic sanctions for their illicit, unfair trade practices which have robbed millions of American jobs.…”