On monday china imposed tariffs on 3 billion of u. S. Goods in retaliation for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. On tuesday the white house fired back, threatening to impose tariffs on 50 billion worth of chinese goods because of allegations of intellectual property theft. On wednesday china retaliated, threatening to impose tariffs on 50 billion of u. S. Goods, and then on thursday, the white house announced, President Trump announced threats of tariffs on another 100 billion worth of chinese goods. China is running out of u. S. Exports to slap tariffs on because of the trade imbalance here, but a lot of experts say there are other levers that china could use to try to put pressure on the u. S. President trump for this latest threat, he accused china of trying to hurt u. S. Farmers and promised he would try to protect them. Some of the threatened tariffs target soy bean production which is a big export business for the u. S. There are signs that some of the president s allies are
Muellers firing. Aaccording to multiple people, the president is is enranged over raiding the office of his long time attorney. Sarah sanders was asked about what the president thinks of rosenstein. What about rosenstein . Whats the thinking about him in terms of his tenure at the department of justice . He did not appear to be very happy with him last night. Can you confirm did rosenstein was the high level d doj official that signed off on the fbi raid . Ill defer you to the department of justice in interpreters of their process. Certain ly the president s voicd his frustrations, but beyond that, i dont have anything else. The president is frustrated. And tonights development is crucial because the its the person who holds rosensteins job who can actually fire bob mueller. According to Justice Department federal regulations, quote, the special counsel may be disciplined or removed from office by the personal action of the attorney general. So the special counsel is bob mueller. Attor