Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Denouncing Trump For His Complete Capitulation To Xi Jinping

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging Donald Trump to stand up for American interests and industries in today’s discussions with China’s Xi Jinping. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Trump’s soft-handed treatment of the Chinese Communist Party is on full display this week during Xi Jinping’s visit.

No sooner had Xi landed yesterday than the Trump administration announced it is extending its trade relief to China for another two months. Really? Trump ought to take that trade war truce up north to Canada, instead of giving it to China, and Xi, and his authoritarian regime.

As usual, Trump acts based solely on who flatters him at the moment, where the nearest photo op is, and what headline he covets. If you’re a foreign authoritarian, Trump won’t just invite you to visit America, he’ll greet you plane-side.

That’s what Trump did, sort of as a supplicant, for Xi yesterday. That’s what Trump did for Putin in Alaska last year. This man has an atavistic attraction to dictators, to bad people. Something is so wrong up there with him. And now Trump and Rubio want to roll out the red carpet for Putin again at the G20 in Florida this year.

Trump needs to finally show some backbone. America can’t afford for Trump to roll over on blocking China’s access to our advanced AI tech, stopping the flow of fentanyl, protecting American automakers, strengthening American innovation, holding the CCP accountable for aiding our adversaries, or any of the other pressing issues we face with the PRC.

Meeting an authoritarian at the bottom of the stairs is easy. Standing up to him at the negotiating table is the hard part, and so far Trump hasn't managed it.

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