Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project

[Gothmog]

Trump is paying off China for support for one of his projects. Trump is corrupt as heck https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-china-zte_us_5af9f701e4b0200bcab7fa66?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016&section=politics

A mere 72 hours after the Chinese government agreed to put a half-billion dollars into an Indonesian project that will personally enrich Donald Trump, the president ordered a bailout for a Chinese-government-owned cellphone maker.

“President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast,” Trump announced on Twitter Sunday morning. “Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”

Trump did not mention in that tweet or its follow-ups that on Thursday, the developer of a theme park resort outside of Jakarta had signed a deal to receive as much as $500 million in Chinese government loans, as well as another $500 million from Chinese banks. Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, has a deal to license the Trump name to the resort, which includes a golf course and hotels.

Trump, despite his promises to do so during the campaign, has not divested himself of his businesses, and continues to profit from them.

[dalton99a]

1. Sounds normal

Not a beep from Republicans

[Gothmog]

2. Trump explains that lifting sanctions-it's just a personal favor for China's president

Link to tweet

[trixie2]

3. He really can't help himself and will sink himself

How can any of his supporters even think he is not dirty?

[Gothmog]

4. Congressman Adam Schiff-Trump is being bribed by China

Link to tweet

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. ... and the GOP couldn't give a shit about any of it.

They're in power, so everyone else can suck eggs.

Trumpy will govern by what makes him rich. We all know it. The GOP knows it. And they don't care. Why? Because they're better off by remaining silent. NO ONE CROSSES THE GREAT TRUMPY. Look no further if you want to study cowardice.

[treestar]

6. We're bailing out a Chinese business?

[Gothmog]

7. China gave Trump a list of crazy demands, and he caved to one of them

From the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/05/15/china-gave-trump-a-list-of-crazy-demands-and-he-caved-to-one-of-them/?utm_term=.08521cca22b3

After top Trump officials went to Beijing last month, the Chinese government wrote up a document with a list of economic and trade demands that ranged from the reasonable to the ridiculous. On Sunday, President Trump caved to one of those demands before the next round of negotiations even starts, undermining his own objectives for no visible gain.

The Chinese proposal is entitled, “Framework Arrangement on Promoting Balanced Development on Bilateral Trade,” and I obtained an English version of the document, which is the Chinese government’s negotiating position heading into the next round of talks. That round begins this week when Xi Jinping’s special economic envoy Liu He returns to town.

Bullet point 5 is entitled, “Appropriately handing the ZTE case to secure global supply chain.”

“Having noted China’s great concern about the case of ZTE, the U.S. will listen attentively to ZTE’s plea, consider the progress and efforts ZTE has made in compliance management and announce adjustment to the export ban,” the document states.

Trump is a shitty negotiator

[wasupaloopa]

8. We have to wait until we are in power before

we can do anything.