Earlier, we told you how the violent Venezuelan prison gang members that were arrested in Bozeman, Montana have now been deported. Montana Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) shared that news in a very interesting interview with Harris Faulkner on Fox News.

Here's what else was interesting in that interview with Senator Daines and Harris: what he said about his oval office meeting with President Trump, and his upcoming visit to China.

Senator Daines: "Well, when I was working back there, back in the 90s- in fact, we had two children born in Hong Kong back then. It was about a $500 billion economy. Today it's $15 trillion- the second largest economy in the world, in fact, four times larger than the third largest economy, which is Germany and Japan. So it's a massive economy. We have the largest trade deficit with any country in the world, and that's with China, about $300 billion. This will be about fentanyl, but it will also be about this $300 billion trade deficit that we have with China and what we can do to change the trade practices. Big opportunity.

He highlighted the access to Chinese market for Montana farmers and ranchers in particular.

What about fentanyl? 

Senator Daines: "It's the Mexican cartels that are producing the fentanyl, but those precursors, the raw materials, come from China. It's the leading cause of death for 18 to 45 year old Americans. We lost nearly 100,000 Americans last year to fentanyl poisoning. I will be talking with the Chinese leadership about what they can do. They can do a whole lot more to shut down the flow of these chemicals that go to Mexico and then fentanyl comes in the United States.

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