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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday slammed top Democrat Chuck Schumer for attacking President Donald Trump’s plan to ease penalties on Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. as part of a possible trade deal.

“Sen. Schumer is probably not somebody this White House is ever going to take advice from on how to negotiate or get a good deal on anything,” Sanders said of the Senate majority leader at the daily press briefing. “Particularly based on his track record and, certainly, I think his weakness when it comes to China.”

Schumer, the fourth-term New Yorker, on Tuesday attacked as “a wet noodle” a proposal by President Trump that would roll back a seven-year ban on U.S. chipmakers and other companies from selling components to ZTE, which makes smartphones and telecommunications networking gear.

In return for the U.S action, China would eliminate tariffs on American agriculture or agree to buy more farm products from the United States.

Schumer ripped Trump for putting national security at risk for minor trade concessions, adding possible remedies — including changes to the company’s board of directors — were inadequate.

Schumer and other senators said they would derail the Trump plan.