(08-28-2018 09:33 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 09:13 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Anybody want to talk about the Mexico trade agreement?

I realize that any agreement that will help the US and Mexico and their workers is a bad thing for the Resistance, but hey, live with it. Maybe people with jobs will vote for you anyway.

Just like with NK, let's wait to congratulate Trump until something is signed and actual progress is made. We all know how well things have turned out there, after you and Tanq tried furiously to pat Trump on the back for "progress" that was made.

Right now, Canada is not involved with the current agreement, which is a big deal. It seems to currently be a good deal for auto manufacturers and workers in both the US and Mexico, but I haven't seen specifics of the other trade-issues mentioned (it seems like the auto-angle is what the news orgs are focusing on). That could be because this was a sticking point in the original TPP negotiations.

I'd like to learn more about what's in the deal, how it's changing NAFTA, and the likelihood of it being agreed to by both Mexico and Canada before I go jumping for joy. But just like with NK, it's good that we're at least going through the process.

I will still state categorically that more has been done re: NK under Trump than *any* other administration in my lifetime. is there more to do? Yeppers. Lots.

I will give kudos to Trump for that. If you want to categorize that as 'furiously pat Trump on the back' so be it. Just kind of odd that you categorize an obvious positive step and the act of noting that obvious positive step with such a note of disdain. Actually, come to think of it, let me correct; its not odd at all that you do so....

Edited to add: perhaps I should note that more *positive* things under Trump; Obama arguably did and allowed *more* with sticking his head and big ears in the the sand re: nuclear and missile development, but hiding your head in the sand is not *positive* in the sense that I look at it for that matter, mind you.