states, the secretary of state sitting right across the table many americans have little confidence in our government implying why should they. the biden team reports beijing violated protocol at the summit. the trump administration as maximum pressure campaign was widely reviled by the left and our adversaries overseas but supporters of it say the point was to enforce respect in order to gain results. there will be a debate over how well it works but what we are witnessing tonight was not seen during the trump administration which was accused by domestic political enemies of cozying up to much to tyrants from beijing to moscow. we will see where all this leaves. amid the biden administration s offering posture towards iran and pardoning toward sunni allies like saudi arabia we are seeing intense battles in human. the saudi someone iran backed fighters gain control of a strategic region where they can launch more attacks on saudi oilfields. always on a day when president bide
Reporter that reassured wall street, but just hours later, President Trump turned up the heat yet again, announcing 100 billion in additional tariffs against china. Enter today, the Treasury Secretary there is the potential of a trade war. And let me just be clear, it is not a trade war. The president wants reciprocal trade. Reporter so, what now . Well, just last month, the president himself said the United States had been treated so badly for so long on trade that, quote, trade wars are good and easy to win. Does the president think that trade wars are easy to win . Is that still his view . I think the president feels like if he is in charge of those negotiations, absolutely. And jon karl joins us from the white house tonight, and jon, the president s top economic adviser calls the tariffs just a proposed idea, but youre not hearing that kind of language from the president himself. Reporter well, tom, it is true that tariffs have not gone into effect yet. The process could take a cou
Reminder, dont miss full circle on facebook. You get to pick some of the stories we cover. You can see it week nights at 6 25 p. M. Eastern on facebook. Com Anderson Cooper full circle. The news continues on this very busy tuesday night. Im going to hand it over to chris. Cuomo prime time starts now. Thank you. I am chris cuomo. Welcome to prime time. We have new information and key players for you in the big breaking story. Michael cohen says a candidate for federal office, aka the president , directed him to commit felonies. Those Hush Money Payments to women before the election, cohen says they were made at the direction of trump himself, and they were crimes. This is uncharted territory. A president directly implicated in criminal behavior In Open Court by his lawyer. Were going to have cohens counsel joining us for what lies ahead. And what does this exposure mean for the president Going Forward . Thats where Michael Avenatti,
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A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. We have tremendous respect for china, the energy and the genius, its incredible what theyve done. But we cant do it, it has to be a twoway street. We only have one way streets not only was china but everybody. Our enemies, our friends, our allies. Our allies treat us worse than our enemies. Its all changing and when we get those trade deals done properly, sir, can you get this done immediately . He its got to take time, its like its got to just state. Like when you are cooking a turkey. Thanks giving my mother would say, eight hours. I said, eight hours . She made the greatest turkey ive ever had. It takes time. So they run and they say, can you do nato right now . Can you sign it next week . And i said look. I like mexico, and i like the new leader. I think hes going to be terrific. A little different than us, and i think im doing
A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. Good chemistry. But i can tell you, there is been no missile launches no, rocket launches, we got the hostages back. [applause] and we didnt pay 1. 8 billion in cash for the hostages. [applause] theres been no nuclear tests. And they say whats taking so long . I said, for 40, 50, 60 years, during the nuclear age, 25 years, youve been working and nobody complained about the fact that president obama was unable to do anything with north korea and he considered it, read the papers, youll see what he considered it. Ive been three months, i have a
he picked up 44 billion. He told that to the press, he didnt report it. 44 billion. And then i just left recently, and were going to pick up at least another close to 100 billion extra. I said to him, you got to pay your bills. The United States is paying close to 90 of the cost of protecting e