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Hoyt

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5. The bashing of Obama and Clinton over TPP was instrumental in giving us trump.

Reply to joetheman (Original post)

Wed Sep 22, 2021, 10:48 AM

Sep 2021

What got me were those who kept saying the negotiations were "secret" -- one even claiming it would be 5 years after ratification until we could see the agreement -- when you could go on line and review it. We ate our own in many ways 2016.

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Yeah, I hate to say "Obama was right" But Obama was right. TPP [View all] joetheman Sep 2021 OP

Not to worry BeyondGeography Sep 2021 #1

People who had no idea what the TPP was repeated bullshit by populists with betsuni Sep 2021 #2

The arguments I remember against TPP House of Roberts Sep 2021 #3

I think the opposition to the TPP was inspired by Russian propaganda Walleye Sep 2021 #4

The bashing of Obama and Clinton over TPP was instrumental in giving us trump. Hoyt Sep 2021 #5

A lot of the bashing was right here on DU. I never understood it. nt joetheman Sep 2021 #6