Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) early Monday pushed back on President Trump’s willingness to help a Chinese telecommunications maker currently sanctioned by the U.S. government.
“Problem with ZTE isn’t jobs & trade, it’s national security & espionage,” the senator wrote on Twitter.
“Any telecomm firm in #China can be forced to act as tool of Chinese espionage without any court order or any other review process. We are crazy to allow them to operate in U.S. without tighter restrictions”
Problem with ZTE isn’t jobs & trade, it’s national security & espionage. Any telecomm firm in #China can be forced to act as tool of Chinese espionage without any court order or any other review process. We are crazy to allow them to operate in U.S. without tighter restrictions https://t.co/AXtTDgufc9
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 14, 2018
Trump in a tweet on Sunday promised to help President Xi Jinping put Chinese telecommunications maker ZTE “back into business.”
“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 said Sunday. “Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”
The president later tried to assuage concerns, writing on Twitter that “it will all work out” on the trade front.
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Rubio tears into Trump's "crazy" plan to help Chinese telecom giant https://t.co/ybCDAtZrqZ pic.twitter.com/7Oyx57LwJ3
— The Hill (@thehill) May 14, 2018
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