{"id":1003105,"date":"2018-12-09T13:48:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T17:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003105"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:25","slug":"white-house-still-cant-get-its-story-straight-on-china-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-still-cant-get-its-story-straight-on-china-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Still Can\u2019t Get Its Story Straight On China Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">On Friday, Peter Navarro and Larry Kudlow contradicted each other on the 90-day deadline for suspension of tariff increases with China, which contributed to a 500-point drop in the Dow. And then today, Larry Kudlow and Robert Lighthizer also contradicted each other. It\u2019s clear the White House can\u2019t get its story straight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace highlighted how the White House can\u2019t get its story straight on the 90-day deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1071829347428982789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1071829347428982789&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426982592000&amp;usg=AFQjCNElfcmu9qb7-_UkEFKHlXNeaO22pA\">Wallace<\/a>: \u201cForget the Chinese, the White House can\u2019t seem to get its own story straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In response, Trump\u2019s top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, suggested that Trump could extend the deadline after 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1071829347428982789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1071829347428982789&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426982592000&amp;usg=AFQjCNElfcmu9qb7-_UkEFKHlXNeaO22pA\">Kudlow<\/a>: \u201cWe are focused right now on this first 90-day increment. Regarding what may happen in the future and presidential considerations, that will be up to POTUS, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the same time, on CBS\u2019 Face The Nation, Trump\u2019s U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said it\u2019s a \u201chard deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1071829502341341184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1071829502341341184&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426982592000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7NhbVtXcsccBUvc2zzmsl1WaRHQ\">Lighthizer<\/a>: \u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned it\u2019s a hard deadline. When I talk to the President of the United States, he\u2019s not talking about going beyond March.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Well, which is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Peter Navarro and Larry Kudlow contradicted each other on the 90-day deadline for suspension of tariff increases with China, which contributed to a 500-point drop in the Dow. And then today, Larry Kudlow and Robert Lighthizer also contradicted each other. It\u2019s clear the White House can\u2019t get its story straight. &nbsp; On Fox [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White House Still Can\u2019t Get Its Story Straight On China Deal - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-still-cant-get-its-story-straight-on-china-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-09T17:48:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-still-cant-get-its-story-straight-on-china-deal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/white-house-still-cant-get-its-story-straight-on-china-deal\/\",\"name\":\"White House Still Can\u2019t Get Its Story Straight On China Deal - 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