better negotiate trade deals. i think the president s too smart to get us in a trade war. i think the president understands that global trade is not a zero sum game. all trade surpluses are not good and all trade deficits are not bad. just because you re running a deficit, a trade deficit with a country doesn t mean they re winning and you re losing. you said you trust him, but you just said you didn t like the zte deal and to an extent i don t know whether that s part of a global trade approach or not. i just don t know the terms of it. i heard about it five minutes ago. let me say it again, i don t trust zte. it s not the money. they re just a little bit too close to the communist party of china, but in terms of the overall trade, i m willing for the moment to give the president the benefit of the doubt. let me say, i think he understands i hope he
josh, let me read you some breaking news here because the commerce secretary wilbur ross just announced a deal with zte which is this chinese tech company that had been sanctioned and really outlawed in the united states for working with, you know, shady organizations and countries. zte will pay the united states $1 billion fine and put $4 million in an eskroe account. wilbur cross just made those comments publicly. a deal has been reached. this is a political sticking point with members of the president s own party. marco rubio, he doesn t want a deal. he might if they re going to pay the u.s. a billion dollars. i don t think it s about the money. it s about not trusting zte and the technology and the fears of what zte is doing here. a billion dollars doesn t solve
tweeted about zte it set peoples hair on fire because why was he defending this dubious company. the $1 billion fine was is different when he was giving them a pass with nothing. it is. you mention this had summit. everything that the president can get vis-a-vis china saying good things to north korea about working out a deal with the president he ll take. before we let you two fine people go, i want to show you the new cover of time magazine just out. josh green, king me it says for those that can read the print there. i think you re putting it emphasize on the syllable, i think it s king me. who s right? is alisyn right or me? i ll let you two settle that dispute when we go to commercial. it s a wonderful cover and reflects trump s sense of himself but even more than that
.to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don t. i ll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors. we do have breaking news. commerce secretary wilbur ross announce the just moments ago that the united states has reached a deal with the chinese tech giant zte which has been banned basically from doing business in the united states sanctioned for doing business with iran and north korea, the united states has reached a deal which includes a $1 billion fine for zte. joining us now to talk much more about this is senator john kennedy, republican from louisiana. senator, thanks so much for being with us. this is something that many republicans, including marco rubio have been concerned about, saying that the united states should not be giving relief to zte, not allowing zte really
back in the united states. how do you feel about the announcement of that deal this morning? i ve got to give it prayerful consideration. i m not a big zte fan. i m sure zte makes a fine cell phone but they re a little too close to the communist party of china for my taste and on top of that they cheated. zte violated our sanctions and thereby helped north korea. you want to read exactly the terms of the settlement, but color me doubtful. it s a billion dollars, 400 million in he is crow. they have to fire their board apparently or change them over and there s some kind of monitoring there. does that get past it s not the money. it s the fact that zte helped kim jong-un and lied about it and it s the fact that zte, some