President Trump Kills The Trans-Pacific Partnership

January 25, 2017 Hunter Wallace Politics 8

Throughout the 2016 campaign, the Left insisted that President Trump was only pretending to oppose TPP:

“Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Monday will start to unravel the behemoth trade deal he inherited from his predecessor, as he signed an executive action to withdraw from the negotiating process of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

That executive action sends signals to Democrats and leaders in foreign capitals around the world that Trump’s rhetoric on trade during the campaign is turning into action. Trump vowed during the campaign to withdraw the US from the Pacific trade deal, commonly known as TPP, which he argued was harmful to American workers and manufacturing. …”

They were wrong.

George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton wouldn’t have killed TPP in a million years. Unlike Obama, it turns out he was also serious about renegotiating NAFTA with Canada and Mexico. Obama campaigned on renegotiating NAFTA and free trade agreements and only signed more of them.


  • Captain John Charity Spring MA

    It’s all coming true then.

  • DenisetheCelt

    Trust in Trump!!!!!

  • DenisetheCelt

    It is. All will bow before God Emperor Trump!

  • Bill Wolf

    That’s perfect: “great thing for the American worker, what we just did.”

  • Jerry Kleinfeld
  • Solidus

    An excellent start. Refreshing to see a president keeping his promises for a change.

  • Captain John Charity Spring MA

    Behold the black sun.

  • June Leaf

    A good way to stick it up China’s ass in terms of public relations and the ONLY way to stimulate the world economy is to have Taiwan fill the void, increasing US reputation.