Mateo D
Mateo D
Jul 28, 2017 · 1 min read

Aside from all the ‘drama’ and incompetence at accomplishing even their own objectives, this is arguably the current administration’s most important policy failure, with far-reaching impact, well beyond this presidency.

Obama correctly saw that our economic and geo-political future growth lies not in the war-torn, fossil fuel dependent Middle East, but in Asia and the Pacific Rim, and he engineered international partnerships to further American interests accordingly. And for all the negative press, by conservatives as well as progressives, the TPP was really designed to not only ‘fix’ the shortcomings of previous trade agreements, but more importantly to enable the successful, unfettered export to the ‘yuge’ Asian market for American goods and services (aka, create ‘Murikin jobs)!

But now, thanks to Trump’s ignorance and short-sightedness, our closest competitor China will have carte blanche to ‘re-orient’ things their way instead.

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