President Donald Trump’s first executive action Monday was to sign an executive order removing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, a leading critic of Trump, as well as some Democrats facing re-election campaigns, have praised the president’s decision. RT.com reports: “I am glad the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead and gone,” Sanders said in a statement Monday. The self-declared democratic socialist campaigned hard to keep Trump out of the White House, stumping for Hillary Clinton despite a fierce primary battle that included a biased Democratic National Committee. But since the election, Sanders has expressed openness to working with Trump, whom he agreed with on his populist opposition to global trade deals. “For the last 30 years, we have had a series of trade deals – including the North American Free Trade Agreement, permanent normal trade relations with China and others – which have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs and caused a ‘race to the bottom’ which has lowered wages for American workers,” Sanders said Monday. “If President Trump is serious about a new policy to help American workers, then I would be delighted to work with him,” he added. This political alliance may [...]
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