FILE – In this July 4, 2018, file photo, the Huawei logo is seen in a
shopping mall in Beijing. China’s latest propaganda broadside in its
trade war with the U.S. features an unusual star: Trevor Noah of the
Daily Show. A recent clip from the popular comedy tv show discussing
Chinese equipment maker Huawei’s dominance in 5G mobile technology ran
on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV’s national lunchtime news on Monday as
part of a package of stories attacking the U.S. position in the ongoing
trade war. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
The founder of Chinese Telecom Huawei says he is prepared for a drawn out fight with the U.S.
During a recent interview, the tech CEO remained defiant that the
recent black list against the company will ultimately not effect
business.
He did concede however, the Trump administration’s trade tariffs will
make it more difficult for Huawei to compete with it’s rival companies.
He also said he was not prepared to back down in the face of American trade pressure.
“There is the possibility this may become long-lasting,” said Ren
Zhengfei. “We’ve prepared for a protracted battle, not for a short one.
Maybe we will become stronger through the long-term fight. After we go
through the break-in period of our products, we may become stronger.”
The founder also went on to reject claims Huawei would be a part of
sanctions negotiations between Washington and Beijing, implying he has
no interest in negotiating with the White House.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a news conference with Japan’s
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on
Monday, May 27, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)
President Trump says “everybody wants” the new trade deal with Canada and Mexico.
The president made the remark on the USMCA during a press conference
in Japan Monday, and called it a “deal that’s gotten universal praise.”
President Trump made the agreement with then-Mexican president
Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau back in
2018, however it still needs to be ratified by Congress.
The president said he will work with congressional Democrats on the deal and suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will back it.
“Unions love it. Farmers love it. Manufacturers love it. You won’t
have companies leaving and going to Mexico and going to Canada and going
like they were for many, many years,” said President Trump. “It’s a
great deal. I would imagine that Nancy Pelosi would approve that. I
would think it would be very hard not to, but we’ll see.”
Pelosi is reportedly seeking to have stronger enforcement provisions negotiated into the deal.
The President has yet to submit the agreement to Congress for
ratification, but once he does lawmakers must vote on it within 60 days.
Rep. Duncan Hunter admitted that he took a picture with a dead combatant during his time as a Marine.
The California Republican made the admission during his defense of a Navy SEAL
charged with multiple war crimes, including killing a teenage fighter,
at a town hall on Saturday in his San Diego-area district.
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, center, leaves court in San Diego..
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Hunter advocated
for a pardon for Edward Gallagher, who has been charged with stabbing
to death a teenage Islamic State fighter under his care in Iraq in 2017,
shooting two civilians in Iraq and opening fire on crowds.
Prosecutors
say Gallagher texted a photograph of himself next to the dead fighter
and wrote that he “got him with my hunting knife.”
The Republican
told his constituents that he also once posed for a photo next to a dead
combatant but noted that he did not text it or post it to social media.
His admission was first reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
He said “a lot of us have done the exact same thing,” referring to fellow service members in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"A lot of us have done the exact same thing." — Rep. Duncan Hunter
He
then slammed the military justice system as “corrupt” and said it was
run by lawyers and bureaucrats intent on pursuing “warfighters.”
Gallagher
has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Hunter’s office did not
immediately respond to Fox News’ request for a comment.
The
legal team of the Navy SEAL said disgruntled SEALs made the accusations
because they wanted to get rid of a demanding platoon leader.
They
also accused the prosecutors of impropriety, including tracking
software in emails in an apparent attempt to find out who is leaking
information to the media about the case.
President Trump and
Republican lawmakers have been somewhat receptive to the idea of
pardoning Gallagher, suggesting that he is an innocent war hero being
unfairly prosecuted.
Trump recently got him moved from the brig to better confinement in a military hospital with access to his lawyers and family.
Gallagher’s court-martial is set to begin this week at Naval Base San Diego. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Officials
say newly declassified intelligence, shared exclusively with Fox News,
shows Iran-backed militias across the Middle East are strapped for cash;
State Department correspondent Rich Edson reports.
President Trump
on Monday appeared to tone down his rhetoric on Iran and said the U.S.
is not seeking a regime change just a week after he warned Tehran that a confrontation between the two countries would lead to its demise.
Trump made the comments during a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Some Democrats—including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders— took the president to task over his recent comments.
Trump
said earlier that he backed Abe’s interest in leveraging his country’s
good relations with Iran to help broker a possible dialogue between the
U.S. and its nemesis in the Middle East. Abe said he is willing to do
whatever he can to help to reduce tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
“I
do believe Iran would like to talk and if they’d like to talk, we’ll
talk also. . . . Nobody wants to see terrible things happen, especially
me,” Trump said, according to The Washington Post.
Trump told reporters Friday that the 1,500 troops
would have a “mostly protective” role as part of a build-up that began
this month in response to what the U.S said was a threat from Iran.
The
announcement caps three weeks of elevated tensions with Iran, as the
administration hurled accusations of an imminent attack and abruptly
deployed Navy warships to the region. The moves alarmed members of
Congress, who demanded proof and details, amid fears the U.S. was
lurching toward open conflict with Iran.
Sanders
told a crowd in Warner, N.H., on Monday that a military confrontation
between the two countries would be more disastrous than the Iraq war.
“Right
now if you can believe it, Trump and his people in his administration
apparently have learned nothing from that horrific war in Iraq," Sanders
said. "And you have (national security adviser) John Bolton and others
talking about the need to go to war in Iran.”
Sanders,
said, “If you think the war in Iraq was a disaster, my strong belief is
a war with Iran would be much worse…Not only would a war with Iran be a
disaster, it happens to be unconstitutional.” Fox News' Paul Steinhauser and the Associated Press contributed to this report
Senate Republicans are vowing to crush the impeachment effort if the Democrat-controlled House passes articles of impeachment of President Trump.
Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to ensure that the measure, which
has caused some friction even among Democrats, would be over before it
could gain traction.
Democrats in the Senate will remain largely
powerless as although McConnell will have to act on the impeachment
articles, it also requires 67 votes – a two-thirds majority – to convict
the president.
“I think it would be disposed of very quickly,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham told The Hill
on the viability of the impeachment process. “If it’s based on the
Mueller report, or anything like that, it would be quickly disposed of.”
Other
Republicans echoed Graham’s comment. Texas Sen. John Cornyn told the
outlet that the impeachment articles passed by the House would lead to
“nothing.”
“It would be defeated. That’s why all they want to do
is talk about it,” he added, suggesting Democrats are more interested in
talking about impeaching Trump than actually trying to do that. “They
know what the outcome would be.”
“It would be defeated. That’s why all they want to do is talk about it. They know what the outcome would be.” — Texas Sen. John Cornyn
Senate Republicans also say an impeachment trial of Trump would also get just the bare minimum time on the floor.
“Why
on earth would we give a platform to something that I judge as a purely
political exercise?” Sen. Thom Tillis told The Hill.
“We have to
perform our constitutional duty, but if people think that we’re going to
try and create a theater that could give you the perception that this
is a matter that rises to the level of Watergate, that’s nonsense.”
“Why on earth would we give a platform to something that I judge as a purely political exercise?” — Sen. Thom Tillis
He added that an extended trial would be “rewarding what I view as bad behavior on the part of the House.”
Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib said Sunday that the House is “moving towards” supporting the measure to impeach Trump.
“I
think it’s moving towards that. It's going to demand it, it already
is," Tlaib said on “Meet the Press,” listing several actions in which,
according to her, the president acts as if he were “above the law.”
This
comes despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to quell talks
impeaching the president and have repeatedly warned the Democrats
against proceeding with such move.
A
one senior Democrat told Fox News that Pelosi won’t be “able to hold
off on impeachment much longer” as the impeachment talk in her party is
gaining traction and embraced by the voter base.
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, center, leaves court in San Diego..
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
