Republican Senate rejects Trump’s rescue of Chinese firm ZTE

[jb914 33]

So, Canadian Steel is a national security threat that must be stopped, but Chinese Telecom Equipment with built-in espionage backdoors are okay?

 

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The Senate voted Monday to reimpose the U.S. ban on Chinese telecom giant ZTE, in a rebuke to President Donald Trump and his efforts to keep the company in business.

 

The provision targeting ZTE was part of the National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass defense spending bill that cleared the Senate by a vote of 85-10. It must now be reconciled with the House version of the measure, which takes a narrower approach to ZTE.

 

The vote raises the stakes in Congress' brewing confrontation with Trump over the Chinese company, which lawmakers of both parties consider a national security threat to U.S. networks.

 

In a sign of the broad backing for the effort, Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Marco Rubio of Florida as well as Democrats like Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts pushed for the ZTE ban to be included in the defense bill.

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Trump tweeted in May that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping were working on a way to get ZTE "back into business, fast," adding, "Too many jobs in China lost." The president said he'd instructed the Commerce Department to figure out a way to do it.

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That reversal alarmed lawmakers who have warned for years that China could harness equipment sold by ZTE and another homegrown telecom giant, Huawei, to steal data, eavesdrop on conversations or even carry out cyberattacks in the U.S.

[jg121783 3,915]

If Trump would have been for the ban the left would call it a trade war. More of the left trying to put Trump in a no win situation.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

24 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

If Trump would have been for the ban the left would call it a trade war. More of the left trying to put Trump in a no win situation.

Except this is about a republican controlled Senate turning down  Trump's plan. 

 

Do you not see a problem with trump playing favorites? 

Edited June 19, 2018 by Keith & Arileidi

[Sonea 138]

33 minutes ago, jg121783 said:

If Trump would have been for the ban the left would call it a trade war. More of the left trying to put Trump in a no win situation.

Actually democrats have been supported of actions against China including recent tariffs 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

30 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

Except this is about a republican controlled Senate turning down  Trump's plan. 

 

Do you not see a problem with trump playing favorites? 

A fair number of Pubs in the house are just as entrenched swamp dwellers as democrats. They despise Trump but fear him

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

34 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

A fair number of Pubs in the house are just as entrenched swamp dwellers as democrats. They despise Trump but fear him

Democrat... republican .. It really doesn't matter. 

 

Do you approve of trump singling out particular companies? 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

  

3 hours ago, jg121783 said:

If Trump would have been for the ban the left would call it a trade war. More of the left trying to put Trump in a no win situation.

 

  The ban was in place and supported by Trump for for 1 year. Sorry to say, but these imaginary complaints you  keep hearing from the left never materialized.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

2 hours ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

Except this is about a republican controlled Senate turning down  Trump's plan. 

 

Do you not see a problem with trump playing favorites? 

 

  

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

1 hour ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  

This is gold. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

29 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

This is gold. 

You should really see the memes for the Space force.... Dude the vast majority of veterans are stoked about it.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

 

Edited June 20, 2018 by TBoneTX
removed meme with scatalogical term

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Edited June 20, 2018 by Cyberfx1024

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

[jskibo 588]

I'm waiting for an "All your bases are belong to us" one

[jb914 33]

So, nobody from the chorus of Trump Defenders is going to explain why saving all these Chinese jobs at ZTE is more important than protecting US national security?