majority leader, mitch mcconnell. but clearly, the white house is testing the water, trying to see how much influence it can have in influencing the process here. but it wants to make its case. it believes that the president, as you know, kate, it has argued that the president was deprived of due process in the house process. it believes that the senate will be the venue that it can mount a robust defense of the president, where the president plans to argue that he was well within these hiz rig his rights. looking ahead today, this has obviously been a big focus here at the white house. but also, kate, there is hope that this canada/mexico trade deal will offer a distraction. it is seen as a big victory here at the white house. and as you know, kate, the president this afternoon will be meeting with the russian foreign minister lavrov in the oval office this afternoon. that is closed press, and he s going to be heading to a rally tonight where we do expect him to bring up impeachment a
to prevent the downward movement of their currency. paul: the president is pushing for the u.s., canada, mexico trade deal, the president is pushing for it very hard. nancy pelosi is not going along with it. you have said you will not vote for the revised nafta in its current form. why not? i think it moves backward on free trade. it doesn t change that much relative to the underlying nafta. i would say there are three big change, i ll say four. there s mode modernization. paul: and that s good. that s good. they cut an that in. all good. there s three problems maybe there s more than three. a big part of the motivation was to impede the trade in automobiles, cars and car parts. the president s problem with nafta is we have a trade deficit with mexico. it s reciprocal. the result was that we have a modest trade deficit with mexico
to prevent the downward movement of their currency. paul: the president is pushing for the u.s., canada, mexico trade deal, the president is pushing for it very hard. nancy pelosi is not going along with it. you have said you will not vote for the revised nafta in its current form. why not? i think it moves backward on free trade. it doesn t change that much relative to the underlying nafta. i would say there are three big change, i ll say four. there s mode modernization. paul: and that s good. that s good. they cut an that in. all good. there s three problems maybe there s more than three. a big part of the motivation was to impede the trade in automobiles, cars and car parts. the president s problem with nafta is we have a trade deficit with mexico. it s reciprocal. the result was that we have a modest trade deficit with mexico
makes trump look bad but i get a lot of votes out of there except for the top who i actually like, nice guy. but nancy pelosi should put it up for a vote because at some point pretty soon, you re going to have canada and mexico say what s going on, send the agreement back, let s not make the deal and i wouldn t blame them at all and that s okay, just blame nancy. got to put united states, canada, mexico trade deal, a phenomenal deal for our farmers and for everybody, it is a great deal for a country. he replaces one of the worst trade deals ever made, and that is nafta. she has to put up for a vote. doesn t have to talk to anybody just has to say we are putting it up for a vote immediately. and a lot of time is being wasted but you re going to have mexico and canada pull it pretty soon and if they do, it is her fault, not mine. is her fault, and has to get
thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. by the way, usmca, i can tell you it s sitting on nancy pelosi s desk. wait, please. please. please. please. usmca, that s the deal, the tradeth deal, the great trade dl for the farmers, manufacturers, workers of all types, including union. it s sitting on, nancy pelosi desk. she s incapable of moving it. it looks like she can t everybodyik knows it s a great deal. she knows it s a great deal. she said it.it she keeps saying she wants to get it done but we re talking about many, many months sitting on her desk. no votes. and she doesn t have to help with the democrats because they re going to vote for it mostgo of them. and i guess all the republicans are gonna vote for it. but the system gois, the way th system works, she has to put it up for a vote. and she hasn t wanted to do it because i w understand a couplef