Obama calls the TPP negotiation he missed "like missing his own party" [View all]

[BelgianMadCow]

Just so it's clear for everybody, president Obama isn't 'just letting some people do some work on it'. He has passing the TPP front and center.

From the full transcript of today's speech:

You know, and the irony is, our teams probably do more to organize a lot of these multilateral forums and set the agenda than anybody. I mean, we end up being engaged much more than China, for example, in setting the agenda and moving this stuff forward. And so when -- it's almost like me not -- not showing up to my own party.

For the record, and since I was asked to asked to supply an EXACT quote when I dared say Obama is pushing the TPP.

And yes, it's perfectly possible to be very happy about Obama thoroughly demolishing the republicans and especially their extremist wing and yet still be sure the TPP he is pushing is really bad news, as is his support of it.