partners around the world are shaken. it s no surprise you have many republicans led by paul ryan and others who have been vocal supporters of the free trade system coming out and saying this is bad policy, wrong policy for the administration to be undertaking. the cohn departure, just the latest in a series of white house officials. this is how the press secretary sarah huck babee sanders reacte. so far this year, six white house staffers have resigned. the president says there were more names to come. why are more people leaving this administration? this administration has had a historic first year. we re going to continue do great things. this is an intense place as is every white house. and it s not abnormal you would have people come and go. the president s got a very accomplish eed capable people
win. admiral, thanks as always. we appreciate your time. coming up yeah. what do you say to that? what do you sty that? trade wars, he says, are good and he seds he says they re easy to win. what i have no idea what you even say about that. it s. it s so ridiculous and goes against every economic reality of the past 50 or 60 years n. and may i add, this fear of free trade must look especially preposterous to our allies across europe who have seen the united states of america over the past 75 years thrive from a free trade system more than any other country on the planet. there s not a close second. i mean, not just thrive in the united states, but promote the ideals of free trade around the world and see how that has
create stability. if we could be assured that the oil coming in the refinement that oil would say in the u.s.. that is swell but that is not the case. the president is it pursuing the all of the above. epa is trying to make sure fraking remains safe. if flows in the gulf in the refineries and all over the mississippi they are gearing up for the new thicker oil sands from canada and they are preparing to convert that oil in gasoline? yeah, stability and volatility are important things. we all assume when we calk about oil as a commodity and goes to the highest bidder we are operating in a free trade
he did a great disservice to the whole gchl7. trudeau did. yes, he did. because they were united in the g7. they came together. and i was there, extensively involv involved in the late night negotiations. president trump was charming, good faith. i was in the bilateral meeting with trudeau and president trump. and they were getting along famously. president trump actually and this is music to my ears, jake. he went through those two days of conference talking about the need for a new free trade system, no tariffs, no tariff barriers. no subsidies. he is a trade reformer as i have argued again and again and he put that out. and so they have this bilateral meeting. we were very close to making a deal with canada on nafta bilaterally perhaps. and then we believe and trudeau pulls this sophomoric political stunt for domestic consumption. it pains me
we don t carve out canada and mexico and canada decides to sort of retal retaliate, that eats into whatever extra money people were getting from the tax from the tax cut. how much does this complicate your party messaging? so look, republicans believe in the freedom to trade. now we believe you ought to be able to buy and sell and compete anywhere in the world with as little government interference as well. this is a lot of government interference. this is a lot of government interference. thank you, chuck. but to finish my sentence. yeah. part of fair trade is to make sure there is a clear and fair level playing field. and china has overcapacity, and gained the free trade system so it is important every country has remedy laws in place to dress a dress these issues. the president is using this remedy in this view hits that target we want to make sure he does. why isn t this just about