it's certain that he didn't do it to help the little guy

I quoted it when that came out. Russia stuff is actually partly a distraction from his China dirty dealings.

all during his campaign, when we know he does tons of bidness there - the dossier explanation made perfect sense to me -

As usual, "we shall see" -

He just knows FOX news hated it, and so does his lobbyist friends.

My natural assumption until proven otherwise is Trump doesn't really know any of the inner workings of any policy he rants about, advocates, loves, hates, and will sign into law/repeal.

i think he was just reading the crowd; it was something obama was doing on which he could focus the resentment of the white working class that forms the core of his base. plus, it ties into the xenophobia.

i do think he'll be able to make money with a china-led agreement, though he'd probably be able to make money on any reasonable trade deal. in truth, the worst thing for his personal finances would be a trade war.

As his understanding of geopolitics is non-existent.

It also will take a huge wind out of all the marching done against him. Indeed, he can play it off as listening to the people who marched, which is likely what will happen.

He wants to keep Chinese goods flowing.

Either way it's not good for American workers.

Those jobs are not coming back.

Clinton had to at least claim she was against it too to keep from being blamed for not caring about white working class folks in Ohio, etc.

Sad fact is, by our reneging on TPP it's going to be hard to find other countries who will trust us on something like this. That will make some happy here who believe long-term we will be better off essentially trading among ourselves by making life difficult for foreign countries like we did back in the 50s and 60s. I think we will pay dearly for Trump's action and what Democrats would have forced Clinton to do (renege as well), had she won. Obama had his eye on the future and got bashed for it.

The more I learn about TPP I think Hillary Clinton was right when she said it was the "gold standard" of free trade deals. It was going to allow good from the United States to be sold in foreign countries while at the same time moving closer to American standards on wages and labor rights. It seemed like America was going to come out the big winner in that trade deal. Now, it seems China can create a regional deal without the United States and without the higher wage and labor standards.

Put America First - but pay no attention to where my products are manufactured.