Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Decrying President Trump’s Trade Deal With The United Kingdom As A Product Of Chaos

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on President Trump’s new supposed “trade deal” between the United States and the United Kingdom, warning that Trump’s record shows he cannot be trusted and the deal is likely to be built on quicksand. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Today, Donald Trump is set to announce a new supposed “trade deal” between the United States and the United Kingdom.

We’re still waiting to get the details, but this much is clear:

Whatever Donald Trump’s announcement with the U.K. looks like, it isn’t a triumph of strategy – rather, it’s a product of chaos. And with this president, if past is prologue, who knows if this “deal” will actually stick.

This is the Trump administration’s credo: government by chaos. Just look at how Donald Trump is dealing with Canada, and it tell you everything you need to know about how untrustworthy his U.K. announcement is.

First Donald Trump says yes on tariffs with Canada, then he says no. Then he insults Canada and calls it the fifty first state. Moments later, he meets with Prime Minister Carney and says “Canada loves us and we love Canada.”

No one knows what Donald Trump will say next. If this were a roller coaster, the whiplash would paralyze everybody involved.

So American businesses, American consumers have no faith that the president has a design. Whatever is in front of his face one day, whatever pressure there might be on him, he then reacts, and it doesn't matter if he said the complete opposite thing a day or week earlier.

Earlier this morning, members of the president’s own cabinet were lowering expectations of the deal, saying it’s only “an agreement in concept” and “there’s a lot of details to be worked out.” And we know what happens when that happens, particularly in a Trump administration.

Donald Trump’s new trade deal with the U.K. is likely to be built on quicksand. He blows with the political winds. When people say he is too reckless, he backs off. When there is criticism of him backing off, he re-introduces the bill. 

So, it would be hard to take anything the president says about this deal today seriously, because in all likelihood he will likely change his mind again.

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