THEIR ANNOUNCED TARIFFS IN
RESPONSE TO THE 232 ACTION ON
STEEL AND ALUMINUM.
BACK TO YOU.
CHARLES: ADAM THANK YOU VERY
MUCH PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENING
NOW TO STOP NAFTA TO PRESSURE
MEXICO AND THAT'S FUELING
CONCERNS ABOUT TRADE OR CHRIS
BEDFORD AND WASHINGTON EXAMINER
SARAH WESTWOOD.
SARAH, OF COURSE AS THESE
DEADLINES COME CLOSER AND WE'RE
HEADING INTO I THINK THE FINAL
ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NAFTA
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A TENDENCY
TO RATCHET UP THE HEAT.
IT'S NOT EVERYONE'S FAVORITE
NEGOTIATING STYLE ITS SERVED HIM
VERY WELL IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND MAYBE WILL SERVE US VERY
WELL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
CERTAINLY WE SAW SUCCESS LAST
WEEK WITH SOUTH KOREA BUT HOW
UNCERTAIN HOW UNEASY IS IT IN
D.C. RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL IT HAS CREATED A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
WHETHER IT'S HIM THREATENING TO
PULL OUT OF NATO, THREATENING TO
IMPOSE THOSE STEEL AND ALUMINUM
TARIFFS UNIVERSALLY REGARDLESS
OF WHICH COUNTRY IS CONTRIBUTING
TO THE GLOBAL STEEL GLUT, THESE
PRONOUNCEMENTS HAVE REALLY
SCARED WORLD LEADERS IN THE PAST
BUT IT'S ALSO PRODUCED SOME
RESULTS IN THE CASE OF NATO
YOU'VE SEEN THAT COUNTRIES ARE
MOVING CLOSER TO MEETING THEIR
COMMITMENT TO SPEND 2% OF THEIR
GDP ON THEIR OWN DEFENSES IN THE
CASE OF THE STEEL AND ALUMINUM
TARIFFS, YOU HAVE SEEN THAT
CANADA AND MEXICO HAVE AT LEAST
EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO BE
MORE OPEN TO CHANGES TO NAFTA IN
ORDER TO AVOID GETTING HIT WITH
THOSE TARIFFS POTENTIALLY WE
WILL SEE SOME MOVEMENT ON NAFTA
NOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
AGAIN THREATENING TO TEAR UP
NAFTA SOMETHING HE DID ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND SORT OF LET
LIE FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF HIS
PRESIDENCY.
SO FAR THOUGH WE'VE SEEN THAT'S
JUST A TRUMP PATTERN TO THROW
OUT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS
A LITTLE CRAZY TO THE EXPERTS
AND RETREAT FROM IT ONCE HE GETS
WHAT HE WANTS.
CHARLES: BY THE SAME TOKEN,
CHRIS THE OTHER FACTOR NOW IS
SORT OF INCLUDING MENTIONING
DACA AND THE BORDER AND IN PART
WITH NAFTA, AND LISTEN, IT ALL
BOILS DOWN CERTAINLY TO ECONOMIC
S AND SORT OF SENSE OF
SAFETY FOR PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE BORDER AND WE'RE GETTING
THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK ON
THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> WE HAVE AND ROSS PEROT FAMOUS
LY SAID AFTER WE
PASS NAFTA WE'LL SEE A GREAT
SUCKING SOUND OUT OF THE U.S.
ECONOMY AS FACTORIES MOVE A
BROAD, AND WITH OUR OWN
TAXPAYER MONEY PAYING TO HELP IT
PAYING TO UNEMPLOY PEOPLE AND
BOTH CANDIDATES FROM BOTH
PARTIES CLINTON AND BUSH WERE
SUPPORTERS OF THIS EVEN THOUGH
CLINTON TRIED TO HIDE IT, DONALD
TRUMP IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE WHO SAID NAFTA IS
ACTUALLY ON THE TABLE ON THE
CUTTING BOARD.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD DEAL
FOR THE UNITED STATES AND TO
FORCE RENEGOTIATION AND HIS
NEGOTIATION TACTICS HAVE CAUSED
FLUTTERING AROUND WASHINGTON
D.C. BUT AROUND THE WORLD YOU'LL
SEE LEADERS OF NORTH KOREA AND
MEXICO AND LEADERRERS OF FRANCE
COMING TO THE TABLE SAYING ALL
RIGHT WE'LL MAKE CONCESSIONS AND
MEET THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT
THIS.
CHARLES: AND WITH SEEING THAT
THE WAY WE'VE DONE THINGS, YOU
KNOW BUSINESS AS USUAL, HASN'T
WORKED.
IT CERTAINLY HASN'T WORKED FOR
AMERICA WHICH OUR WOULD BE
ALLIES WHETHER IT'S MILITARY OR
ECONOMICALLY NIPPING AT OUR
HEELS RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE KIND
OF JUST SORT OF PUT IT IN A SORT
OF NEUTRAL IF YOU WILL, SARAH,
SO I FOR ONE LIKE THE FACT THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT AFRAID TO
SHAKE THINGS UP AND TO PUSH
THESE ISSUES BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS
LIKE HIS OWN PARTY MANY TIMES
SEEM TO BE SO AFRAID AND
INTIMIDATED AND THEY'RE THE ONES
SPOOKED BY ALL OF IT.
>> WHEN TRUMP CAME OUT ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AGAINST THINGS
LIKE THE FREE-TRADE POLICIES
THAT DOMINATED THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IT
WAS SORT OF A WAKE UP CALL FOR
REPUBLICAN LEADERS THAT PEOPLE
WERE RESPONDING TO THIS IN A
REALLY SIGNIFICANT WAY.
BERNIE SANDERS DID THE SAME
THING ON THE LEFT BOTH TRUMP AND
SANDERS EXPOSED HOW UNPOPULAR
THESE FREE-TRADE POLICIES REALLY
WERE AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IGNORED A SEGMENT OF VOTERS WHO
WERE FRUSTRATED WITH THE
FREE-TRADE POLICIES THEIR OWN
LEADERS WERE PUSHING SO TRUMP
INTRODUCED THAT ELEMENT TO THE
PARTY.
CHARLES: IT'S SO FUNNY CHRIS
BECAUSE WE GET A SUCCESSION OF
EXPERTS I CALL THEM ECONOMIC
ELITES OR INTELLECTUAL ELITES
WHO KEEP TELLING MIDDLE AMERICA
THIS IS GOOD STUFF THIS IS GOOD
FOR YOU.
THEY'VE ALREADY TOLD THE FOLKS
IN WASHINGTON AND LOS ANGELES
AND NEW YORK CITY THEY DON'T
LIKE THESE DEALS AND THEY WANT
THEM CHANGED, SO HOW LIKELY IS
IT THAT WE'LL GET A NEW NAFTA
AGREEMENT?
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THE
EXPERTS HAVE BEEN DOING THEY
TELL YOU IT'S GOOD FOR YOU WHEN
YOUR FACTORY JOB MOVES
ACROSS-THE-BOARDER BECAUSE LOOK
AT THE BRIGHT SIDE YOU CAN BUY
STUFF CHEAPER AT WAL-MART ISN'T
AMERICA GREAT?
THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES AND
DONALD TRUMP AND BERNIE SANDERS
TO YOUR POINT HAVE BOTH TAPPED
INTO THIS ANGERING THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND I DON'T THINK THE AIR
IS OUT OF THE BALLOON YET.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THERE.
DONALD TRUMP IS DEFINITELY