good night from new york. [♪] trish: i have new reporting on the deep state attempt to paint president trump as a manchurian candidate acting as an agent for russia. the fbi launched an investigation shortly after the firing of james comey in an effort to determine whether donald trump was an russian agent. this is amazing considering none of these folks raids an eyebrow when president obama was caught on tape telling medvedev that as soon as elections were over, we have more flexibility. remember. >> after my election i will have

more flexibility. >> i will transmit to vladimir. trish: president trump sure lived up to that promise. he signed the iran deal that was lucrative for russia since large chunks of iran's money went to russia to buy missiles. don't forget about the ukraine. ther president obama did nothing when russia annexed you a crane. and there is -- the ukraine. and secretary of state hillary clinton aloud for 20% of our uranium to be exported to russia and a $500,000 speaking engagement for her husband. the fbi investigates and finds no wrongdoing. but the same investigation team is selected for you the russian

special counsel. and then for good measure. let's throw into the mix, hedge fund billionaire tom steier, whose hedge fund made a fortune. he's linked to president obama. he's spending $100 million to get the president impeached. seat irony? it's pretty nuts. regardless of whether you like this president or not, you have to admit this doesn't make sense. for more, a man who has been against the whole collusion investigation from the beginning, florida congressman matt gaetz. i look at this and say wait a second. you are investigating donald trump for being a russian agent,

yet it was president trump making all -- it was president obama making all those promises which he kept to the russians. they smack of hypocrisy. your thoughts. >> you are absolutely right. the toughest way to bring pain to russia is to increase american energy production because that's one of the things that craters the russian economy. if you look at what president trump has done to expand american energy enterprise, it has done more to hurt russia than president obama could have done. president obama's own inspector general said these processes that led peter strzok and lisa page to go from one investigation to the next was unprecedented. it had never happened before and that resulted in the senior leadership of the fbi from the general counsel to the number

two andrew mccabe being demoted, removed or referred for criminal prosecution. the real travesty is the american safety i suring we weren't allowing russia's nuclear program to advance seemed to be sold out by the fbi's mistakes and large donations to the clinton family and clinton foundation. trish: i'm not accusing anyone of being an agent for the russians. but if you are going to accuse president trump of that, there are a lot of questions about what happened in the past. >> you have the fbi opening up a counter-intelligence investigation on the president of the united states. at the same time you had rod rose' stein literally politicking members of the cabinet trying to throw the president out of office. is anything is to be investigated. i think we ought to be investigating the people who

were elected by no one and use their position inside the government to throw out donald trump when he was engaging in the very policies that ended up hurting russia. trish: president trump had people from both parties attacking him. jeff flake comes to mind. but it seem that no one in washington was used to somebody who just did what they thought was right as opposed to what somebody else told hem should be right. you see the difference between president trump and president obama. president trump is an open book. he tells you what he's thinking. he plays with a lot of his cards face up with the american people. with president became was telling us she was being tough but at the same time whispering to the russians he would have more flexibility.

don't forget syria where the president drew a red line and ignored it and that uncertainty allowed russia to begin more influence. trish: i haven't forgotten any of that. it's important viewers remember just what transpired. socialist venezuela are continuing to spiral into chaos tonight. we are learning venezuela's secret police apprehended and later released the head of the country's opposition party after he declared himself president and was recognized by brazil as president. they were recognizing the opposition leader, not socialist maduro. the move coming less than 45 hours d -- 48 hours after nicolas maduro swore himself in. the u.s. and others refusing to

recognize maduro. the population going hungry. military members perceived as enemies. they are being jailed and tortured. let's not forget the five innocent american businessmen venezuela has in jail tonight. but the vendian government, you know what? they have a financial lifeline. and that lifeline is right here in the united states. the state-owned oil company. it controls citgo. citgo has refineries in illinois, louisiana, texas and 5,000 gas stations all across our country. its logo, the citgo sign is. >> i koing on the city skyline in boston, massachusetts. how are we allowing that company to operate here when they are

holding five americans in prison? we are importing oil from venezuela through citgo. and we have sanctions against doing that. joining me, fox news national security strategist, sebastian gorka. why are we buying this stuff from them if we are sanctioning them? >> it is an iconic logo as you say. but i will never buy gas from a citgo gas station. every time you buy a dollar worth gas, you are funding maduro's dictatorship. it's the same logic of all those left-wing americans or people with no political sense who think it's cool to vacation in cuba. for every 10 dollars you spend in cuba, $9 has to go straight

to the communist party. i don't care if it's venezuela, cuba, china, north korea. why would any american subsidize a dictator hardship that's abusing human beings as we speak? trish: i hear you. yet we do. many look at that citgo sign in boston and think of it as the skyline the they adore without thinking what's behind it. what's independent it is the state-run oil company. whoever run it is work for nicolas maduro. all that money citgo gets from us, that money is going straight back to socialism and it's hurting those people starving in

venezuela. and it's hurting that country. and five employees of that company are locked up. i say where the heck is our treasury department? why are we allowing this company to operate here? >> you should have mr. mnuchin on the so and ask him directly. in the mean time your viewers should go to youtube and look at the short video walking through a local city park with a venezuelan with his face obscured, he's asked why are you walking through this park? he says i'm trying to catch a --

catch a pigeon or cat to feed my family. this is the great irony of dictatorships. they try to control everything. but at the same time they are very fragile. this is the same with the soviet union. the tighter it tried to grip, the more it lost control. we have a report on that one coming up. it doesn't work. >> all those countries ocasio-cortez points to are capital youist nations that built their welfare state, their capacity to create a mercantile

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trish: nearly 40 house democrats just touched down in d.c. after a weekend in puerto rico along with 100 lobbyists. president trump is slamming the weekend calling it a shutdown celebration. the democrats say the puerto rican weekend brought in much-needed attention to puerto rico and much-needed cash. and senator menendez got to grace the internet with some swimsuit shots. good to see you. who paid for the big shindig? >> who needs spring break when you have got winter break in san juan. the fundraising arm of the

congressional hispanic caucus. they stayed in a hotel where i think rooms are -- are $429 a night. i think this represents the fundamental unseriousness of the shutdown. they are in a perfect situation to get disaster aid for puerto rico. chuck schumer could get the tunnel under the hudson connected to new jersey. trish: they could do that over and over again. mr. levin, is there anything you can say to these dems? 800,000 people not getting their checks. they are saying it's more important to hang out in puerto

rico on the beach. >> the president made it clear they are not going to negotiate even hope to the democrats voted to continue the government. he said no, i want my wall. even though the democrats say they don't need a wall for border security. trish: you need only to look at israel. the wall works. >> there is a huge difference between a small country like israel and a 3,000-mile border in the desert. trish: you are twisting the conversation from what i asked you. they had an opportunity to stick around and hang out in dpvment c. in is -- in d.c. they are not willing to come to the table. that's my point. >> the president made it clear there is no table. he won't negotiate.

but we have terrible campaign finance laws. trish: i agree with you on that. deroy, this is like who's on first? who can we blame for this shutdown? at this point i blame all of them. the idea you take off and go on vacation. and i know they are work in a swimsuit. on the beach. it's wild to me. because they should want to fix this. >> it's serious, and i think there are certain things the democrats want. they are in a great position some say we want a wall. let's negotiate something where we both can walk away and say we are not doing this. >> throughout the shutdown, he didn't go to mar-a-lago, he did go to iraq and visit our

soldiers. 54 out of 54 senate democrats voted for security. trish: do not forget there was a time not so long ago when democrats favored the idea of a wall. i believe they called it a fence. we don't need to split hairs on semantics. but the reality is, chuck schumer, barack obama, hillary clinton, they all wanted it. it. why the about-face. >> donald trump said he'll take credit for the shutdown. he wants his wall. trish: why did they want it then and they now they don't want it? dianne feinstein really wanted

one. >> we already have walls on about 1,000 miles of the border. they already exist. there are places where a wall works, there are places where other security measures work. trish: why not spend a little more money and keep doing that. >> the democrats offered $25 billion for a wall if they let the kids who grew up in america stay here. trish: you know what? mark, you are wrong. he said he did not want the lottery system and he didn't want chain migration. that $25 billion you are talking about came with a lot of strings attached. coming up next. new reports that china is set to overtake us as the number one economy in less than 12 months.

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trish: a new report predicts by next year china will overtake the united states to become the world's largest economy. we will be in second place. in less than 12 months the united states of america in second place. we have been the world's largest economy since world war ii. and to lose that position to china, it shows you the real effect of selfish politicians and selfish business owners concerned only about maximizing opportunities for themselves in the here and now. clinton, bush, obama. they are all to blame because we live in a world where china

actively steals our intellectual property. an estimated $600 billion of it a year. and rubs salt in the wounds by artificially inflating the prices of our goods so the chinese can or don't want to buy them. simultaneously devaluing their current soy make their goods cheaper than ours here at home. it needs to stop. the president is see something success. but when need more. we need more success here. he is single handedly trying to reverse decades of overly liberal trade policies. that policy enabled china to grow and grow and grow all at the spent of american workers. we must act now while we still have the leverage. because the prediction according to today's report is that by as early as next year we won't.

here with me to react to all of this, former' assistant to president trump, mar marc lotte. china was able to accelerate and it got big every and bigger. china's gdp grew and group now we are in a world where the nation that was once the most of powerful economic power in the world is about to become stoke china. how could that have happened? >> if you read the writing of the brilliant michael pillsbury, there is has been a 100-year plant works by the chinese. they plan long term. that's why what president trump is doing is so important.

for too long we have had presidents authorize the theft our technology, the theft our intellectual property by the chinese to be used against us. this is a president who said no we are going to stand firm and confront this with the chinese because we don't have a choice now. we have got to do this to put our countries on a level playing field. trish: time is running out. and i hate to see this happen. it's because of their theft. they have taken our intellectual property, our biggest strength, and used that against us. i don't think a lot of presidents have cared. they are going along to get along. cheap goods from china made a lot of people happy enough. but it resulted in a harder

environment. not everyone can go to college and get a ph.d, and not everyone should. to get a good job to take care of your family in an environment where the manufacturing sector which was the life blood tour economy is getting so badly squeezed, the american worker has lost out. >> absolutely. that's one of the reasons president trump got elected. barack obama wondered what kind of magic wand it would take to bring manufacturing jobs back to our country. president trump did it. but i'll tell you if you are concerned about china, vice president pence, my former boss, made a brilliant speech in october at the hudson institute on this topic. we face a political, economic, regional and military threat

from china that has to be confronted. president trump is work on it. trish: i remember that speech. it was brilliant and on point and important. more people need to be focused on this washington. i also think there always business component to this. this is so great it would will look good for our quarterly earnings. the reality is they are only thinking about the next quarter or you know maybe the next year. they are not thinking about the next 10, 20, 30 or in china's case, 100 years. we need to think about that. >> it's corporate malpractice for a ceo say i want to be in china and to do so i have to give up my technology and trade secrets. in to cases the chinese are

requiring you to include a chinese party subsection in your corporation to do business there so they can control what you are doing. it's malpractice for these ceos. trish: people are saying am is hurting because of the china thing. so what? apple hurts a little bit because of the china thing. but i don't want to wake up one day and turn into france and let china,r be the new united states. >> china is doing it by stealing our technology. we are still the innovators and the bright light of the world. they are building it off our work. we just need them to stop doing it. trish: as far left as you can get. that's what a lot of politicians are looking at as you have the likes of alexandria ocasio-cortez talking about socialism. but you know what?

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trish: new reporting on a story we have covered tensively on "trish regan primetime." the move towards socialism near the u.s. we have seen venezuela leaving the people in desperate poverty. many on the left say we don't

want to be like venezuela. we want to be like sweden. but here is the thing. not even sweden can survive under socialism note when faced with an up gracious crisis as sweden is now experiencing. primarily migrants from syria and the economic and social consequences for this utopian socialist dream have been significant. do you remember this book? remember this one we read a lot as kids. "the giving tree"? in this book the tree gives to the boy and continues to give and give and give to the boy for the boy's entire life. and the boy takes and takes and takes from that tree until the tree has nothing left.

nothing left to give. it's just a stump. it's like socialism. the nation takes from just a few to give to the many. the 70% to 90% tax rate some on the left are proposing that eventually there will be nothing left to take. expwhrieng now is author sarah goff and bets i mccoy. sara, i want to give you credit for this analogy. i read on social media saying sweden can't be the giving tree. there are limit. you spent a lot of time in sweden, you are married to a squeezish man. tell was this analogy is he applicable. >> it's the first thing that came to my mind.

you want to love sweden for being that tree it, a heart-wrenching book besides being a children's story. sweden is so generous and their intentions are true. and they want to give every human being a chance. they believe in everyone's potential. they opened their hearts and their beautiful country, their stable, beautiful utopian as it's been compared to, utopian country to people who are suffering all over the world. now you have two problems. you have the problem with the opposite and the problem with integration. the cost according to sweden's finance ministry is 74,000 dollars per person annually for a lifetime. that's each person to pay that much to just cost recent influx

of people coming in. trish: if you want socialism in that utopian way everybody has to be contributing. now you have all these immigrants coming in. i understand their intentions were good. but the reality is these people can't participate in the language and you have that economic reality. >> the two are joined. the fail iewrve these immigrants to assimilate also handicaps their ability to become contributing members of society. sweden is the refugee per capita of europe. and sweden is the number one exporter of jihadism because the

enclaves of immigrants have become radicalized in the second generation. there is an important lesson for our own country. we see the same thing in parts of the united states. we welcome in somali refugees and you have little mogadishu outside of minneapolis. they are facing a total lack of assimilation. but they refuse to assimilate once they get here. trish: you said you would like to invite alexandria ocasio-cortez to sweden because you could show her around. what is it you think she needs to see? >> just to talk to the people and see why there is a new party that has taken 18% of the growth called the sweden democrats. a nationalist party in the interest of protecting what

sweden had and was. the socialist democrats are in power and working with the very right and trying to couple with a policy that will work with the amount of immigrants coming up. they are struggling to do it and it hasn't been approved yet. trish: i think sweden provide an interesting good case study for us. we talk about venezuela, that provide a good case study. the giving tree as well is a good case study. i never liked this book as a kid. i said the tree just need to stop giving at some point. >> when you hear alexandria ocasio-cortez, ex. she is talking about taxing the tippy top. but the enormous giveaways

promoted by the democratic wannabes for president would require soak the rich and literally even slaving all of -- literally enslaving all of us. the average taxpayer would see their marginal tax rate go up 30%. trish: we'll all be taxed as well. back here on planet earth, the reality is we want to help, and we should help. but need to think logically about the economic consequences. thank you very much. coming up. my exclusive interview with dr. jerome corsi and his wife. he says he has proof robert mueller is subpoenaing his

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trish: new developments in the story of conservative columnist jerome corsi. robert mueller thinks he might be the link between the release of emails by wikileaks. dr. corsi says they are unlawfully surveilling him and his family in an effort to pressure him to give answers he simply does not have. now this stepson is being called to testify before mueller's grand jury under oath. joining me is dr. jerome corsi as well as his wife monica. i know this is your first time

on national tv. so thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. trish: now your son is being dragged into the also. >> exactly. trish: dr. corsi, why do they think your son has something to do with all this. >> there is a computer i had on my dpeks, a mac computer desktop that i had not been use for self years. in monica's business, andrew as joint owner of the cleaning business. andrew said i would like to take that computer and re. it. we have a new program in monica's company that will do schedule. if you are not use it, take it. i said go ahead. andrew wrote me a text message and said it's scrubbed.

now mueller thinks we are object trucking justice. here is the external hard drive with a time machine. it completely can reconstruct that computer. the time ma shines an application from apple it constantly is refreshing everything new in your computer. peer yikdally each month it has a picture of what that computer looks like. this will reconstruct the computer exactly how it looked the last time i used it and time periods before. you can't erase everything. trish: why don't you give that to the feds? >> i would be happy for it. they haven't asked me for it. i have an internal hard drive i replaced for solid state one. i keeping. i'm a journalist. i have backup systems for all the computers i used the last 15 years just in case i might need

allege article or email for a lawsuit or whatever. >> i'm thinking about gmail and email being in the cloud, not on a computer hard drive. wouldn't they be able to get into the email where it exists anywhere? >> i also gave them all my email accounts so they can go to earthlink and anywhere else and get the archived. but my point is because andrew, monica's son took a computerrer i wasn't using particularly and scrubbed it so it could be used in her business in our home, mueller thinks i'm a criminal. they are looking for anything they can find. >> this is why i'm here. it's ridiculous. if we would have known he would have been investigated, we probably wouldn't have asked to

get an old computer for our business. that's pretty simple. but this all happened before. so we didn't know we were going to be investigated. trish: i know you had concerns about them going after your son. you expressed they were surveilling family members and they knocked opening your son's door and now it looks like he's getting called in to testify there at that grand jury. what is it that you think they are asking and what is it you think that they believe happened? >> i think they think andrew was conspiring with me as my computer expert to destroy evidence. trish: is he a computer expert? >> no. he has a degree in economics, period. trish: i was a history major but i have tremendous appreciation for economics.

>> he doesn't even particularly like politics. >> this is the funny part. he's apolitical. he doesn't like anything about politics. ask him bother things web's very knowledgeable. he can take tell you about change cars and motorcycles. >> but to make a point. this is the wrong person to go after. it's not because it's my son. first of all we asked innocently to use a computer that was not being used for however many years. he had it on top of the desk. and he says jerry, can i use this computer. he didn't even say yes the first day. trish: you feel like they just -- >> constant harassment. they are determined to find any crime they can find and make up a crime. they are investigating every as speskt our lives, including our families. monica has been upset for this

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trish: the pent gone just announcing it is extending the role of our u.s. troops to support security along our southern border until september.

we'll have more coverage on that tomorrow and a little bit more on jerome corsi. his wife worries they might actually be trying, the feds, to come in between mother, son and you are father. kennedy, right now. ♪ ♪ kennedy: thank you, trish. president trump will, quote, never, ever back down on his government shutdown fight with democrats. this according to the president himself who today told a farmers convention that his border wall is critical for national security. and earlier in the day he accused democrats offing being ridiculously hypocritical. mr. president? >> we have drugs, criminals and gangs, and the democrats don't want to do negative about it. they say, oh, it's immoral. but it wasn't immoral three years ago, five years ago, six years ago and ten years ago when they all raised their hands the approve a wall. it's immoral because, one reason, because they know they're going to lose in the 2020 election.