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Rust state (MI WI PA OH) voters hate the TPP. Obama pushed it and Hillary flip flopped on the issue. Meanwhile, Trump was against the TPP all along. If Trump keeps his word and refuses to sign the TPP, the rust state voters will reelect him. If he flip flops, then they won't.

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The TPP is dead. Without sharing too much, my workplace - a right wing hellhole - was jonesing for it. It would've meant millions because we've got offices in a lot of TPP countries and we've been right in the thick of trying to get this passed. It's dead and they're losing it. It's been one of the few bright spots of this whole thing.

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Actually it just makes me cry. He and Michelle have given us enough. They deserved to be able to step back and enjoy. To work on their foundation and travel. Maybe make a few guest appearances on SNL. Not to try to shepherd this country full of f*ckwits through our slow motion suicide.

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Well I've been told these people want jobs right. On paper this is great but not signing another trade deal or even repealing NAFTA(and NAFTA has some benefits) isn't going to magically bring all those coal, steel, and manufacturing jobs back. I feel bad for these people because no one not even Bernie had an answer to where are our jobs coming from. Trump plain lied to them. Jobs that have been moved to right to work states in the south for lower wages, have moved to China or Mexico are not coming back. Nor are the 60% of the Mftg jobs coming back that were lost to Robotics and Automation. And GM just announced a plant closure that's going to cost Ohio and Penn 2,000 jobs. And tariffs always sound so great until people see the costs are passed onto them the consumer.

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Exactly.

 

On the other hand, this might be an opportunity for the Obamas to prove to critics such as yours truly that they are worthy of all the adoration and acclaim that they have received from constituents these past eight years.  Very much like Jimmy Carter, who, IMO, has been a much better humanitarian than president.

 

I would say that, in the next four to eight years, the "white working class" who voted for Trump will realize (gradually, and reluctantly) that this country IS passing them by and that no amount of "change" promised from inside or outside Washington will do anything to fix that.

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