TPP: Trump tells Kudlow to look into joining

[thoughtomator]

I've also come to the conclusion he doesn't really have any desire for American greatness or anything like that. But he does want to stamp his name on something remarkable. And I think he's a person who's a risk-taker and will gamble everything if he thinks he can hold it up to naysayers later.

There's something like 3 decades of interviews where he consistently expresses the same sentiments. On his core issues he has been every bit as consistent as Ron Paul for just as long. If someone said that Ron Paul doesn't really believe in liberty and was just saying those things for self-aggrandizement, I would receive that statement with about the same blend and amount of incredulity and astonishment.

Any reasonable bar on consistency regarding Trump's pro-American ideology can be met. An unreasonable one is a waste of time to try to meet.

 

[thoughtomator]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...-eagerness-to-rejoin-tpp-demands-better-deal/

Not even 12 hours later, the I-want-everything-to-proceed-exactly-as-I-prefer-it whiner club has egg all over its face.

How many times does this need to happen before it becomes obvious that a negotiation tactic is not a commitment?

 

[Zippyjuan]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...-eagerness-to-rejoin-tpp-demands-better-deal/

Not even 12 hours later, the I-want-everything-to-proceed-exactly-as-I-prefer-it whiner club has egg all over its face.

How many times does this need to happen before it becomes obvious that a negotiation tactic is not a commitment?

TPP negotiations have ended. The US lost. We had pushed for (and received) strong protections on patents and intellectual property but when the US dropped out, those provisions were deleted (Trump could have used them against China). If the US wants to join TPP it will have to be its current form which other countries are now in the process of approving.

But it is doubtful that Trump intends to rejoin the TPP anyways since he was so staunchly against it (without even knowing what it said). He has had similar meetings with Senators on issues like immigration and gun control- and left them with the impression that he agreed with their positions only to reneg on those promises.

 

[dannno]

If the US wants to join TPP it will have to be its current form which other countries are now in the process of approving.

So it isn't going to happen.

But it is doubtful that Trump intends to rejoin the TPP anyways since he was so staunchly against it (without even knowing what it said).

In other words, TheCount posted fake news and took it seriously.

 

[Zippyjuan]

So it isn't going to happen.



In other words, TheCount posted fake news and took it seriously.

The thread was not started by TheCount.

 

[TheCount]

In other words, TheCount posted fake news and took it seriously.

Obviously you haven't been paying attention.

 

[dannno]

The thread was not started by TheCount.

Obviously you haven't been paying attention.

LOL, sorry, quick everybody go to the OP and look at the first reply and see how "wrong" I was