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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,446 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2018, 11:07 AM Oct 2018

How a Trump decision on trade became a setback for democracy in Vietnam

David Fahrenthold Retweeted:

NEW: Trump pulled out of TPP to put American First. In Vietnam, the decision helped unleash a government crack down on human rights — activists have been “harassed, followed, imprisoned and threatened.” My piece with ⁦@simondenyer⁩

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I don't like any of his initiatives except one at140 Oct 2018 #1

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1. I don't like any of his initiatives except one

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Thu Oct 11, 2018, 11:19 AM

Oct 2018

I don't like tax cuts mainly for the very rich top 1%.
I do not like dismantling of the EPA and raping the environment.
I don't like the huge increases on military. Such a waste!
I do not like killing ACA mandate which meant everyone was contributing to healthcare. Now the healthy young can opt out.
I do not like packing the supreme court with right wing justices.

The only issue I like is trying to do something about the ugly big annual foreign trade deficits, one of the main causes of middle class manufacturing jobs disappearing. I guess even a dark cloud has a silver lining?

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