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Donald Trump Walks Back Eagerness to Rejoin TPP
Breitbart.com ^ | 13 Apr 2018 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 04/13/2018 5:16:02 AM PDT by arthurus

President Donald Trump clarified his desire to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), after telling members of Congress from agricultural states that he would do it.

“Would only join TPP if the deal were substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Members of Congress and governors from agriculture states met with the president for over an hour at the White House, leaving feeling confident that he wanted to re-enter the trade agreement.

“He looked right at Larry Kudlow and said, ‘Larry go get it done,’” Senator Ben Sasse told reporters after the meeting.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 115th; agriculture; daca; kudlow; sasse; tpp; trumpasia; trumptrade
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Walks back? Does no one remember the DACA ploy? When he puts a first marker out everyone runs to publish THIS IS IT!!! He's caving! He's SELLING OUT!!! Such short attention spans everyone has now in the Facebook Age.
1 posted on 04/13/2018 5:16:02 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: arthurus

Head feint.


2 posted on 04/13/2018 5:20:26 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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No rational person thought he was serious about rejoining TPP. It was a sop to senators like Sasse. Not sure how they feel about being played.


3 posted on 04/13/2018 5:20:51 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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He looked right at Larry Kudlow and said, ‘Larry go get it done,’” Senator Ben Sasse told reporters after the meeting.

Is Ben Sasse stupid?
Why on earth would Trump rejoin TPP under the same rubbish conditions Obama “negotiated”?

4 posted on 04/13/2018 5:25:56 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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I thought he was pretty clear about it yesterday.didn’t think he needed to clarify anything. The first article I saw yesterday reported that he had told his people to talk to the TPP countries and analyze the possibility of getting a better deal.

People who freaked out and started reading more in to his words than what he actually said were overreacting, in my opinion.


5 posted on 04/13/2018 5:26:23 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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Thank god .

TPP is truly the worst thing ever created by the Uniparty along with Soros and Obama and Goldman Sachs .

It wiped out all US trade law and put a world court in charge of the USA .
We would be powerless to the world flooding the US with cheap Labor and goods .

It gave third world invaders like Vietnam and Thailand the ability to flood the US with cheap WHITE COLLAR jobs .

It was a Globalist nightmare come true .

Ryan , Mitchy and the Gope would have been hung for this level of treason
200 years ago .

6 posted on 04/13/2018 5:29:44 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves every day)
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That evil Never Trumper Ben Sasse needs to be removed .

That creature is one of the most corrupt Cheap labor express / Globalist
Whores in the Senate .

He hates Trump and is wholly owned by Globalist Big AG conglomerates

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7 posted on 04/13/2018 5:33:00 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves every day)
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To: arthurus

Of course it was a ploy. It was leverage against China to make them gave. Apparently it worked.


8 posted on 04/13/2018 5:33:06 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: arthurus
12D chess.

Kidding. Either way, on any given day the President is a genius playing with congressional monkeys hurling feces.

9 posted on 04/13/2018 5:33:54 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Cave not gave. I hate these smart phones.


10 posted on 04/13/2018 5:34:38 AM PDT by dhs12345
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“That evil Never Trumper Ben Sasse needs to be removed .”

I think that’s what Trump did. He just made Sasse’s reelection campaign that much tougher.


11 posted on 04/13/2018 5:36:43 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
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I hope so .

That creep is off the rails on his Trump hate .

He is a Globalist harlot and corrupt to the core .


12 posted on 04/13/2018 5:42:09 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves every day)
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There is a big difference between what Trump said and what the Media and the Dems said he said.

13 posted on 04/13/2018 5:58:09 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: facedown

Master trolling.


14 posted on 04/13/2018 6:20:36 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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The idea of engaging in this big trade agreement if the terms are made better has always been Trump’s position, so I don’t see any flip-flop here.


15 posted on 04/13/2018 6:45:59 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (MAGA!)
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The lack of transparency in the previous deal was a big problem. What leaked out was that big pharma was going to run roughshod over the entire rest of the world and the American workers were going to be screwed over to make that happen. That is not acceptable.


16 posted on 04/13/2018 6:54:35 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (MAGA!)
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To: facedown
Head feint

Beat me to it!

17 posted on 04/13/2018 6:55:31 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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To: SmokingJoe
Is Ben Sasse stupid?

Do bears poop in the woods?

Why on earth would Trump rejoin TPP under the same rubbish conditions Obama “negotiated”?

He wouldn't. And the other TPP members aren't interested in renegotiating. TPP is a dead issue.

18 posted on 04/13/2018 6:59:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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They never learn the art of the deal. Lol!


19 posted on 04/13/2018 7:19:19 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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“Would only join TPP if the deal were substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama,” Trump wrote on Twitter.”

He did not walk back anything. This has been his position on the subject all along. A lot of us said this yesterday on this very forum.


20 posted on 04/13/2018 7:57:56 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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