Why Sanders' praise of Trump over TPP is so dangerous

[JHan]

69. what frustrates me , and I am very pro-trade, is that it lets corporations off the hook..

He doesn't realise it, but blaming NAFTA and TPP and the trade deals ignores the fact that we squandered much of the growth globalisation afforded us - The problem was never globalisation, or the trade deals themselves, but us not taking the opportunity to reinvest those profits in communities that were suffering by investing in people and "the commons". So binary thinking makes him believe that opposition to TPP is, by default, a good thing even though Trump's policies are regressive and Dickensian.

EDIT: - He doesn't need to "wait and see" if Trump is serious about workers, we already know Trump doesn't care - his cabinet picks and "policy" positions tell us that already.