on these issues and look at everything from privacy to censorship and antitrust provisions that would apply to these companies. neil: senator you are at the border yesterday you are obviously well aware of the last minute deals scored with the mexican president over trade and concessions with border police not only with us but the southern border were a lot of central american immigrants get through and ultimately knock on our door. what do you think? . this is a very positive step. i saw 12 illegal immigrants be apprehended within 30 minutes. i was there when a car loaded with drugs was pulled aside and they began to break it apart. here is the thing. looking at this agreement the fact mexico puts their national guard throughout the
much, at the white house. mexico s agreed to immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural product. that s a new wrinkle in here that was not known more than a few minutes ago. iowa s republican senator joni ernst is us right now. senator, always good to have you. do you know, senator, what those farm if products might be? i have not talked to president yet about what those farm products might be, but we do know that mexico is the number one purchaser of iowa s exported corn. so we do see this as a great step forward, and we are breathing a sigh of relief that we will not see these tariffs. the president negotiated with the mexican delegation, and we are glad for that outcome. neil: many of your colleagues, i don t know if you were among them, senator, were saying that the president was overreaching here, that to use tariffs to get your way on something that had nothing to do with trade was a big overreach. obviously, that is met gated
world. these two nations and their emerging alliance is critical for us to watch. and that s why president trump rightly, in his national security strategy, national defense strategy, have a two plus three strategy. china and russia are premiere and, of course, iran, north korean proxies is and viability extremist organizations. we have to refocus on those enemies across the board. every sector, trade, you know certainly nuclear programs because we re facing a nuclear standoff because the chinese are not part and parcel of the new s.t.a.r.t. agreement that comes up to renegotiation in another year plus. these are thing of some consequence. neil: all right. colonel, i want to thank you. more i want to thank you for your incredible service to this country. we have a lot more coming up, including a little assignment i ve got for you.
credit to address it. the truth is many candidates have not weighed in but the majority of democrats running for president will be in iowa this weekend we are sure to hear from more of them on this deal with mexico. the criticism is not just coming from democrats. former massachusetts governor who wants to wage the g.o.p. primary campaign against the president put out the statement. donald trump phony war of terror has now been ended with no winners. the united states is the economic powerhouse of the western world we need a president who understands how the economy works. well the candidates sense a an opportunity to attack the president a lot of republicans who are thrilled about the resolution. free trade republicans were never crazy about the idea of tariffs in the first place there is a question whether it might be a vetoproof majority to oppose the president on
no. they re by design. you mentioned the meeting between putin and xi. this was their 30th meeting. they signed, you know, a number of trade deals which are significant, but the trade between those two countries pales in comparison to us. you know, the last half an hour we ve been, you know, listening to your people, your guests talking about the trade war. that s an indicator. i would say the posture issues with the su-35 going after a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane in international wears just two days ago waters, and, of course, the ships that almost collided in the philippine sea, we have routine things like that across the world whether it s under the sea or off the alaska coast or off the california coast. these things becoming very predictable. i identify 16 indicators in alliance of evil that we ve