Greene, Ingraham alarmed at potential Trump-Xi $1 trillion investment deal
Reports that President Trump is considering a deal that would allow China to invest $1 trillion in the United States are ringing alarm bells among conservative Republicans.
Last October, China reportedly offered to increase investment in the United States in exchange for the Trump administration rolling back national security restrictions on China agreements and securing a new agreement. break tariffs For factories built on American soil According to Bloomberg.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called the idea “shocking.” Publish on social platform X He suggested on Monday that this situation may be linked to the conflict with Iran.
“Since the Strait remains closed, the war in Iran must be going worse than we know,” Greene wrote. “So much so that China could possibly be allowed to invest $1 Trillion in U.S. factories in exchange for aid to Iran.”
“I’m old enough to remember when MAGA demanded that China not be allowed to have any land in America. But to him, MAGA is whatever Trump says it is, which is now for foreign wars and China,” he continued.
Greene was responding to a post by Fox News host Laura Ingraham. I shared the reporting next to two exclamation marks. Independent journalist Megyn Kelly also reacted Ingraham’s post was captioned with a simple “Oh my god.”
A White House spokesman on Tuesday called any suggestion that the administration would reach a deal that could endanger national security “baseless and false.”
“While the administration is always seeking greater investment in America’s industrial revival, any notion that we would jeopardize our national security is unfounded and wrong,” spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation.
China’s alleged offer is back in the spotlight ahead of Trump’s upcoming offer Beijing trip This week for a high-stakes meeting with President Xi Jinping that is expected to cover trade, Taiwan and war in the Middle East.
New York Times columnist Oren Cass He wrote in a column on Friday Trump described the $1 trillion investment scenario outlined in Bloomberg’s report as “a forced mistake of historic proportions around the world” if it were to happen, and said that it “may be on the verge of tying the United States irrevocably to China.”
“Even a fraction of this amount would shatter what is left of our economic defenses, weaken national security and supply chain resilience, give the Chinese Communist Party a powerful tool to disrupt our markets, undermine the fundamental logic of the president’s own trade agenda, and bring to heel our efforts to rebuild domestic industry,” wrote Cass, chief economist at the conservative think tank American Compass.
Cass claimed that Trump is considering vaccination despite skepticism from some officials in his administration, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, about accepting Chinese investment.
This possibility quickly attracted negative attention from some of Trump’s most ardent supporters, including conservative columnist and author Gordon Chang, who has repeatedly warned against China’s influence in the United States.
“The Chinese regime will use investments in America to destroy and destroy our country,” Chang said. wrote to x. “Do not allow our enemy to base any more destruction here.”
China has long been the central focus of MAGA foreign policy under Trump’s leadership; Many in the president’s core base view the global superpower as the most significant threat to the long-term economic, technological and military future of the United States.
Updated at 1:14 PM EDT.
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