President Trump Puts 'America First' On Hold To Save Chinese Jobs

[Dulcinea]

In a surprising departure from his "America First" agenda, President Trump says he will help a China-based cell-phone manufacturer save jobs after the Commerce Department said it sold U.S. technology to Iran and North Korea and then failed to live up to the terms of a settlement.

It would be difficult to find a more quintessential example of the kind of troubling trade practices that the president has long highlighted, which makes his sudden pivot in the case of ZTE all the more stunning.

ZTE, the world's fourth-largest maker of cell phones, was found in violation of U.S. rules against selling U.S.-originated technology to certain blacklisted countries. After reaching a more than $1 billion settlement with Commerce as reparation for its Iran and North Korea dealings, ZTE then violated the terms of the agreement by failing to fire some employees and reprimand others who were involved in the illicit technology transfers.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/14/610891747/president-trump-puts-america-first-on-hold-to-save-chinese-jobs

[Glamrock]

1. This needs to be broadcast far and wide.

FOX news ain't gonna touch it, therefore his supporters won't know. We need to rub this in their MAGA hat wearing faces!

[DetlefK]

2. This is how much Trump cares about sanctions.

Sanctions against China and Russia? Meh.

Sanctions against Iran? GOGOGO!!!

[Botany]

3. This action confirms one more part of the Steele Dossier

Trump is also very much in debt to China too.

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. This.

[wolfie001]

4. I hope some of his mouthbreathers remember this in the fall

So fucking stoopid!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. From a ZTE jobs thread

I trust Trump. Period.

Next issue, please.

10 posted on 5/13/2018, 5:51:02 PM by Basket_of_Deplorables

Apple is in the process of moving mfg operations back to the US.

13 posted on 5/13/2018, 9:30:39 PM by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)

[From the Harem]

5. Is this payback

to President Xi Jinping for brokering the North Korean anti-nuclear deal and letting Trump take credit, at least in the USA?

[Augiedog]

7. So how much money does tRump have invested in this company?

[lark]

8. Good question.

I have another, how much was Russia dependent on their technology to hack our election? I read in another article that they were heavily involved in the technology for cyber-security cracking.

[From the Harem]

10. In the meantime

John Bolton and the Trump administration's national security team are considering eliminating the top White House cybersecurity job.

Nothing to see here, move along....

[lark]

11. Yep, I caught that too.

drumpf doing everything humanly possible to assist russia in stealing our elections.

[Sherman A1]

9. One wonders

How much they paid for this level of concern?

[hedda_foil]

12. Who is Trump's bag-man in this deal?

It's possible the Chinese offered him a chunk of ZTE stock, but he seems to prefer good old cash on the proverbial barrel-head. So who was Cohen the middle man of someone else?

[dalton99a]

14. Make China Great Again

[BigmanPigman]

15. He is so inconsistent with his policies.

They contradict each other. Foreign policy can't be handled like this. World leader have a love/hate relationship with him since he is so Helter Skelter. No one knows what he stands for since he picks and chooses which policies to implement with various countries as though he has no plans at all (which he doesn't and it shows..the world sees it). I am embarrassed to be an American due to him.

[Blue_Tires]

16. Trump Voters suckers...

[Beartracks]

17. Republicans, don't forget: Your GOP supports Trump. And your...

... Congressional Representatives and Senators support Trump.

They back him and his chaotic policies to the hilt. And so do your GOP and Tea Party candidates who are now trying to get to Washington. Listen to what they say; they say all the time that they support Trump.

If you think Trump is bad news, you need to realize your whole conservative movement has gone morally and economically -- and probably patriotically -- bankrupt.

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