OMG - The Art Of The Deal - Trump asks Kudlow to re-Join TPP -"Larry - go get it done,"

[kpete]

"Larry - go get it done," @SenSasse quoted Pres as telling Kudlow about possibly joining TPP trans-pacific trade deal. Says pres repeatedly said it might be easier for the US to join now. Pres originally withdrew US from TPP on his 4th day in office.

Link to tweet

[Freethinker65]

1. Unstable moron

[AJT]

2. Good effing Lord. How stupid is this guy?

[C_U_L8R]

3. As Scooby Doo says...

[madaboutharry]

4. He has Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia

and the people around him are covering it up.

[CatMor]

6. I agree with you.....

this country is being harmed by it being covered up. He was never a very smart person but now it's more than that.

[notdarkyet]

28. No, he is scrambling to appear to be a good, reasonable president now that he fears his job is on

The line and all his secrets might get exposed. Imo

[world wide wally]

31. I think America must have Alzheimer's or dementia too to keep allowing him to play his games with us

[smb]

32. In The Future, Dementia Will Be Called "Trump's Disease" nt

[IluvPitties]

5. Undo Obama, rebrand as Trump.

[Historic NY]

7. If they say no.

The final version of the agreement was released in New Zealand on Feb. 21. The member countries are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. They concluded the treaty.

[link:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-tpp/asia-pacific-nations-sign-sweeping-trade-deal-without-u-s-idUSKCN1GK0JMhttp://|]

[syringis]

8. Someone should call the doctor...or the asylum !

[Brother Buzz]

9. A do-over to go with his comb over?

[workinclasszero]

10. What a fuckin moron!

Whoever talks to the stable genius last can turn his idiot ass 360 degrees!

[shanny]

15. or, um, 180....

maybe 540? or just spin him like a top for amusement?

I had a dog once who was deeply bonded and essentially glued to my ankle. Sometimes to mess with her I would walk circles around the dining room table.

[workinclasszero]

16. LOL yeah 180

[peggysue2]

11. What???

The man is losing it altogether. Just like saying he never said a strike in Syria was imminent.

The Trumpster may end up leaving office on a stretcher, tied down with safety restraints.

Next thing we'll hear is that he never wanted to disengage from the Paris Climate Agreement.

Talk about flailing in all directions. Stunning!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. I was thinking they might roll him out in restraints on a hand truck

like this:

[peggysue2]

37. LOL!!

I'm thinking there might be a real possibility of this once James Comey's books is released next week. From the sounds of it, the man has taken the Trumpster to the woodshed and called him out as unfit in no uncertain terms. Things are going to get . . . explosive!

[lsewpershad]

12. So Obama

was right? Say so idiot.

[oberliner]

13. Good or bad idea to re-join TPP?

Taking Trump out of the equation for a moment.

[gratuitous]

14. Hard to say

Will anyone trust anything that the United States agrees to? Our credibility on the world stage has taken a beating in the last 15 months. Agreements long since concluded with our closes allies have been scuttled, negotiations near conclusion have been blown up, overtures to begin negotiations have been whip-sawed back and forth to such a degree that other nations are reluctant to deal with the U.S. at all. They can't trust that something said today by the administration will still be good tomorrow, or even this afternoon.

I wouldn't negotiate with such an unstable party, and I wouldn't blame other countries for shying away from dealing with Lord Littlehands.

[Caliman73]

17. I think it depends.

It will likely result in some job losses, but also in opening of markets in other regions that may not have been that enthusiastic to trade with the US. One of the primary goals of TPP was to get something going to halt China's attempted dominance of trade within the region, so that would likely be a positive effect of the partnership.

Trade deals are historically a mixed bag, but the real problems with NAFTA, CAFTA, and others have been that the US does not protect its labor force. Policies protect corporate profit but not the actual producers of that profit. There was little or no actual funding to re-train workers from industries that were lost to oversees competition. The economy and trade actually grew but the benefits mainly went to the owners of particular companies not to sectors of industry or to the average worker.

[smb]

33. Good, If The Special-Interest Crap Is Removed

The basic trade deal is beneficial; the various lobbyist Christmas-tree ornaments (corporate protections from national laws, overreaching copyright provisions, etc) make it a net detriment.

[Tavarious Jackson]

18. TPP is the right thing to do. It will give us leverage on China

But Fox News will make him change his mind

[workinclasszero]

22. Fox & friends are Dump's

final arbiter for sure!

[comradebillyboy]

19. Joining TPP would be the first smart move The Dotard would make.

[Hoyt]

20. He and those opposed to TPP were wrong. Better to beg to get back in

than to do nothing,I suppose.

[kpete]

21. too late

that train left the station...

[Hoyt]

23. Probably true, but sometimes the "we have a moron for Prez" defense works.

[Wounded Bear]

24. Sure, now that we've given up all of our leverage...

let's go crawling back to the real partners in the pact and let them dictate terms.

Don't get me wrong, it probably is a good idea to join, but by withdrawing last year, we lost credibility and leadership for years to come. Since this WAS the bulwark against China dominating the West Pacific Rim on trade, we already weakened it.

Trump's a fucking idiot. We all knew it, his supporters are just as stupid as he is.

[smb]

34. That Might Actually Work Out For The Best

If the existing partners refuse to reinstate any of the provisions added at the behest of US interests and suspended when they cut a deal without us, the Dotard might actually pull off a victory by accident (like the bit from the F-Troop theme where the fort commander sneezed at just the right moment to garble a bugle call in a way that resulted in a victorious charge).

[Johnny2X2X]

25. TPP was renegotiated

When the Orange Idiot pulled out, the other countries remade the deal as it was really skewed towards the US. Zero chance the other countries (Who are quite happy with the deal now) give up much if anything to add the US to this deal. US would have to sign on as is basically.

Trump is dumd and screwed our economy out of $Billions in economic activity.

[Sampan]

26. I am so sick of him practicing to be president on our time

[Jim Lane]

29. I stand with Hillary Clinton in opposing the TPP.

Of course, she opposed the final version that was released during the campaign. If Johnny2X2X (in #25) is correct that the TPP as implemented is even worse for us than that version, then the case for staying out is that much stronger.

[smb]

35. The Original TPP Draft Was Skewed Toward US *Special Interests*, Not The US Generally nt

[Jim Lane]

36. Oh, I believe that -- but they were INFLUENTIAL special interests

If the changes that have been make the deal less attractive to them, then it's that much less likely that we'd rejoin now.

Also, I'm guessing that the recent changes don't improve the aspects that made the TPP bad for the US generally, such as the ISDS provisions.

[Honeycombe8]

30. Are you kidding me? If true...LOL! Trumpers are gonna be mad. nt