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Trump's Move for Chinese Company Leaves Former Obama Aide 'Speechless'

Is President Trump's new mantra "Make China Great Again?" MSNBC's "Morning Joe" asked Monday morning. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked the same thing.

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Trump is expected to ease sanctions on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE and help them get "back into business," he announced Sunday. 

The move shocked the economic world, considering Trump has for so long called out China for its unfair trade practices and for stealing American jobs. Democrats like Schumer were quick to condemn the move. Kevin Wolf, who was assistant secretary of commerce under former President Obama, even said he was rendered "speechless" by the tweet.

"I’m highly confident" that a U.S. president has never intervened in a law-enforcement matter like this before," Wolf told the Financial Times. "It’s so outside the way the rules were set up.”  

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) then pointed out another area of concern: cybersecurity.

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On Monday Rubio became the first Republican lawmaker to share the same worry. 

Trump did sound like his old self in a follow-up tweet, noting that trade practices had often been one-sided in favor in China. "But be cool, it will all work out!" he said.

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