Pompeo says 'we are determined to win' the trade war on china

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on _Fox News Sunday_ to talk trade war, Iran, and Friday's report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has proposed ousting President

Trump from office using the 25th Amendment. "To the extent one wants to call this a trade war, we are determined to win it," Pompeo said of Trump's escalating tariffs on

Chinese imports. He ignored a question from host Chris Wallace about how long the administration would maintain this course, repeating, "We're going to win it. We're going to

get an outcome which forces China to behave" in accord with "fundamental principles of trade around the world, fairness, reciprocity." Though Pompeo, like Trump, has cast U.S.

tariffs as a punishment for poor behavior from Beijing, the cost of the taxes is absorbed by American consumers, not Chinese producers. China's trade surplus with the United States has

hit record highs since Trump's tariff scheme began. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEK Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives. SUBSCRIBE

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morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Turning to Iran, Pompeo pushed back on Iranian President Hassan

Rouhani's angry response to Saturday's attack on an Iranian military parade. "When you have a security incident at home, blaming others is an enormous mistake," Pompeo

argued, calling for Tehran to focus on domestic security "rather than causing insecurity around the world." And he slammed those, allegedly including Rosenstein, who have

considered undermining the Trump administration from within. "If you can't be on the team, if you're not supporting this mission," Pompeo charged, "maybe you've

got something else to do." Watch Pompeo's full interview below. Bonnie Kristian Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Explore More Speed Reads