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Because it takes us away from the issues where frankly i think they re going to have a very difficult time litigating and winning. of course republicans, elected republicans in the congress have been muscular advocates of free trade in most deals, particularly pre-obama when there wasn t a partisan cast. here s john mccain reacting today on the tpp decision. president trump s decision to family membererly withdraw is a serious mistake this that will have lasting consequences for america s economy. contrast to bernie sanders who says i m glad the tpp is dead and gone. and chuck schumer who sort of tried to have it both ways saying well this was dead long before president trump took office. we await real action on trade. what does it say that on this one, trump is closer to bernie and chuck schumer isn t really being 100% accurate there because democrats had long championed these kind of deals including obviously president obama. well, this has always been the hope of the trump coali ....
yeah. you know, the press conference was a little bit odd i think it seemed like they did not sean spicer did his best job as he could, trying to like breeze and upset his relationship with the media and how he looks to the american public. it s odd that he was engaging, i guess a little bit on this stuff. you think that would have tried to stop with the tpp message. but you know, really sort of demonstrates how badly they re handling this right now frankly. i think what happened on saturday was a terrible thing. i mean, they just came said things that weren t true. today he tried to make it sound as if he was talking about total in your opinions. it was clear what he was talking about. people on the mall. but beyond that, you know, they re getting in their own way. right, the tpp withdraw is a major thing. and it s something one of the things that he really sort of hung his campaign on and a lot of voters wanted him to do. you would think they would try to spend 24 hours a day just ....
Look, none of us like making mistakes. i ve made my share and i ve apologized for them, but, you know, a little bit of a equivalence here, guys. what did you think of this and how does this compare to the way other republicans have done it? well, i thought today s press conference was a dramatic improvement. i think part of the reason why is because there were substantive matters to address, i mean, if you look at pulling out of the tpp, this is a very significant change in how the u.s. approaches the global economic order. this is a huge executive order. you even talk about freezing on hiring federal employees. that is the fulfillment of a republican campaign promise that necks of congress and indeed this president had made. you look at the discussion about obamacare. these are big issues. so i think the administration would be well served to continue on this pathway of trying to have the substantive discussion. a, because it reassures republicans that this is in fact a republican ....
Regarding the u which he said it was without merit. when i was back in the oval office for another what we call a spray where the cameras were invited in to show him with the union leaders. he called me out by name, you got a little bit of trouble earlier today, okay, you re always welcome in here. so, this is a guy that s doing a little bit of a charm offensive and much the same way that advisors, including sean spicers of trying to do just a short time ago today as well. very interesting stuff, peter, especially as he s learning his awarned the building. thank you for your time. i want to go to our panel. policy director for mitt romney s campaign and advisor to marco rubio. ruth marcus, deputy editor with the washington post and john stanton, bureau chief with buzzfeed. john, your thoughts on what we saw today and with regard to the economy, there was one thing that hammed that was the same same thing as if bernie sanders had won as donald trump which was scuttling the tpp. ....
Agreement and his successor, president-elect trump. athena jones is covering the president s trip for us. she joins us now from lima. i understand you have a plethora of information. reporter: hi, martin. that s right. we got an update from the pool. the president wrapped up his meeting with peru s president and he s on his way into this meeting with tpp countries, the transpacific trade deal. it s the 12-nation trade deal the u.s. spent a good deal of time pushing and negotiating. that deal is now dead. we know that president-elect donald trump called that deal and other deals a disaster. trump has expressed a good deal of skepticism about a number of international agreements, including trade agreements like this one. we know from members of congress tpp is dead. it s not going to get a vote in the lame duck session in congress. it s unclear, at this point, what is going to happen with ....