White House advisors called Ottawa to urge Trudeau to help talk Trump down from scrapping NAFTA | National Post
'A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister told the National Post Monday she had no comment to make. '
'The White House did not respond by publication time to a request for comment. '
'White House staff called the Prime Minister’s Office last month to urge Justin Trudeau to persuade President Donald Trump not to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to multiple Canadian government sources. '
'According to Politico, Peter Navarro, the head of Trump’s National Trade Council, and White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon drafted an executive order that, if signed, would have triggered the withdrawal process. '
'In a news conference in Saskatchewan the next day, Trudeau said he had told Trump that withdrawing from NAFTA would cost U.S. jobs. '
[–] OricaTonithos 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
This narrative is designed to project these tracks:
There must be discord in the WH cabinet
That the cabinet lacks confidence in the Presidents decisions (wreckless?)
That international communications from the WH are being done without the knowledge of the President The goal is to illustrate incompetence.
No need to remind any of us readers that there are a LOT OF LIES being produced or provided to the media in order to undermine the government that has been duly elected by this country.
Also..... NAFTA was a corporate greed driven plan to put U.S. labor force in direct competition with poorer nations (result was jobs exported to Mexico, etc.) It was advertised as a means to "cut border crossing red-tape" to reduce trade costs, but in effect it hindered tariff control that was meant to level the labor/environmental cost playing field. IT WAS, AND IS A BAD DEAL.
TL;DR FTFY, OP
[–] flatliner [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
I don't disagree with you that NAFTA was a bad thing. But Trump is a moron. Carry on
[–] OricaTonithos 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
So I should be glad you voted for him.