Fox’s Ingraham Confronts Alina Habba About Trump Cozying Up to China: ‘Did MAGA Vote for China’ to ‘Buy Up’ American Companies?
Fox News host Laura Ingraham pressed Alina Habba — counselor to President Donald Trump — over a comment he made about China during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.
Ahead of an interview with Habba on Wednesday’s edition of the Ingraham Angle, the host played sound from Trump encouraging China to “invest in the United States.”
“I see so many things saying that we don’t want China in this country,” Trump said. “That’s not right. We want them to invest in the United States. That’s good. That’s a lot of money coming in. And we’ll invest in China.”
“OK,” Ingraham said in response. “But China’s already bought up American companies, agricultural interests and huge swaths of land and properties! Including some that we’ve documented here on the Angle near our military bases. But did MAGA turn out for Trump because they wanted more of that? Or they want thousands of more foreign workers here to drive down wages and opportunities for Americans?
“A fine line must be walked. Americans first, always. No matter what the donors want.”
Right after her commentary Ingraham brought Habba on and challenged her about the president’s comments.
“A little murmuring in MAGA-land about the comments about China today,” Ingraham told Habba. “Did MAGA vote for China to be able to buy up more American real estate or American companies, they ask.
Habba bristled at the notion that Trump is cozying up to China.
“Is that really a question?” Habba said. “Really? That’s what we’re doing now, the spin? That’s the spin? Yeah, no. What the president said was very simple. It’s the same policy we’ve had across the board. When you look at reciprocal tariffs, when you look at the strong arm that President Trump has had with China, with Canada, with Mexico. We want America to be safe. We care about American people first.”
Ingraham remained skeptical.
“But you can’t buy … reciprocity would mean Americans can go off and buy lots of Chinese real estate,” Ingraham said. “Real estate near military bases, which I know President Trump is not in favor of. But the concern, obviously is … you know, the deals are great and so much of them are phenomenal. But you see where Democrats are starting to worm their way into the populist agenda and say, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! How is that for the American worker, to bring in thousands of more foreign workers?’ That is what some on the MAGA side are kind of whispering about. But nevertheless, it’s out there.”
“What the president was referring to was us continuing to have business relations,” Habba replied. “We do import/export. Of course we do. That is what we’re talking about. Yes, we are going to be a strong nation. Yes, we are going to have peace through strength. Yes, we are going to have a stronger economy. And we were going to cut the fat through DOGE, through the president’s initiatives and what we have voted for — the American people have voted for — on November 5th. But that means that, yes, we’re going to be tough, but we still want to make money. We still want to be producing. We still want to work with other countries.”
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