U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday: he is choosing Georgia Senator David Perdue has been appointed ambassador to China.
In a social media post, Trump said Perdue, a former CEO, “offers valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China.”
Perdue pushed Trump’s debunked lies about election fraud during his failed run for governor of Georgia. Perdue lost his Senate seat to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff four years ago. did not run successfully in the primary against Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
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Economic tensions will be a big part of the new administration’s U.S.-China relationship.
erase threatened to impose As soon as he took office, he imposed new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China in an effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. In one of his first executive orders, he said he would impose a 25% tax on all goods imported from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10% tariff on products from China.
China’s embassy in Washington warned earlier this week that if a trade war breaks out, there will be losers on all sides.
Embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu posted on X that “China-US economic and trade cooperation is inherently mutually beneficial.” “Nobody can win a trade war or a #tariffwar.” He added that China took steps last year to curb drug trafficking.
It is unclear whether President Trump will actually carry out the threat or use it as a negotiating tactic.
Tariffs, If implementedIt could dramatically increase prices for American consumers on everything from gasoline to cars to agricultural products. The United States is the world’s largest importer of goods, with Mexico, China and Canada being the top three suppliers, according to the most recent U.S. census data.
President Trump also committed more personnel to immigration teams Thursday, promising mass deportations and border crackdowns.
He said he would nominate former Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Scott, a career public servant, was appointed border agency administrator in January 2020 and enthusiastically embraced then-President Trump’s policies, particularly on building a U.S.-Mexico border wall. He was forced out by the Biden administration.
President Trump also said he would nominate Caleb Vitello to serve as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that, among other things, apprehends immigrants illegally in the United States. Vitello is an ICE official with more than 23 years of experience with the agency, most recently serving as deputy director of the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs.
The president-elect appointed Border Patrol Union leader Brandon Judd as ambassador to Chile. Judd has long been a supporter of Trump and appeared with him during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. immigration bill President Biden defended Trump’s sinking in part because he did not want to give Democrats a win on the issue in the election.
