trump xi that eases sanctions on telecom giant zte. xi reached out to president trump directly pleading on behalf of the chinese company, zte had been penalized for doing business with both iran and north korea, major violation of sanctions, the president indicating days ago he believes china s bad behavior is the united states fault. we had massive theft of intellectual property. i don t blame china, i blame the united states for allowing this to happen. now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are slamming the move. a letter signed by 14gop senators calls zte, quote, serial and premeditated violaters of u.s. law and cautions the president that fidelity to the rule of law is a key part of what distinguishes the u.s. from a country like china that s ruled by communist dictatorship. a statement from democratic leader pelosi, reason part the president zte deal is staggering
we are seeing success, policy, whether that s domestically, you start talking about welfare issues that the president has mentioned, we will do welfare reform, you talk about infrastructure, the president has talked about certainly things as well, there s success that you can clearly point to. you the possibility, the democrats were laughing at president and now maybe peace talks after all. you have unemployment, historic lows not just across the board for hispanics and african americans, what part of peace and prosperity does not like? it s not the issue about not liking peace and prosperity, what we want is equality for all i think if democrats can continue to push a message that brings together democrats, republicans and independents, then it s going to be a great
were going to be slam dunks for them and maybe republicans will hold onto seats and maybe blue wave is not what a lot of people thought it would be. i think democrats have a good chance to recapture the house but i think democrats do have a problem with messaging. the tax bill has been popular but also we have seen lower middle-class people not receive some of the benefits they expected, it s produced a mixed message for democrats, on one end, there s critiques that need to be made on the tax bill but on the other part, when you look at speaker pelosi and comments about crumbs, they have been hurtful for democrats, a measured approach is needed. real quick. i was going to say really quickly, the democrats don t have a message, for most part their entire message has been replace donald trump. we have to, you know, get rid of him, he s doing a horrible job. look, americans may disagree with aspects of president trump, i disagree with certain aspects but if you you look at policy,
immigration. this morning he tweeted, put pressure on the democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from their parents once they cross the border and u.s., catch and release, lottery and chain must also go with it and we must continue building the wall. democrats are protecting ms-13 thugs. so far congress has not acted and we have seen reportedly previously, homeland security, secretary nielson is taking the brunt of the president s frustrations, he has signed bills to give dhs more fund to go secure and deplore national guards to help. the acting deputy commissioner of customs and border protection said those steps have helped but on their own won t likely meet the president s goals in securing the border. we need to continue to build capabilities, we want control of the border. the president brought that mandate back to us, we are happy to give him action plans, we ve got on funding for 18 and we are
thermal nuclear war, well, no it wasn t. kim caved immediately. that took me by surprise. last hour we had a democrat bill richardson on our air, you reacted sharply, i want to play some of it. i wish it not happened june 12th, because we need to do preparation, we need to find ways to have our message by one person. i think that s secretary pompeo, objective, a strategy, i think we are still not comfortable with the strategy we have on denuclearization. a veteran diplomat, did a lot of good, ambassador to un and what not, as you and i were talking, he and others both democrats and republicans, administration after administration did the same thing over and over again and yet this president is trying something different and appears to be working. certainly. richardson talks about preparation, i can sort of understand that but on the other hand we ve had little preparation and we ve the north koreans make important