President Obama is slamming Senator Elizabeth Warren and opponents of TPP, making claims about the contents of the secret treaty that can't be supported by the text of the treaty which is still being hidden from the American public, despite the fact that the particulars of the treaty are well known in corporate board rooms since they are the ones who largely wrote the treaty to address their wants.
Obama Says Elizabeth Warren Is ‘Wrong’ on Trade
Haley Sweetland Edwards
In an interview with MSNBC, Obama said Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and her supporters are “wrong” to think that the White House’s signature free trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, would be bad for the American economy. The sweeping 12-nation accord, which would become the largest free trade pact in U.S. history, would open up borders between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim countries, including Japan and Australia, and is supported by a wide variety of business groups and most Republicans.
“I love Elizabeth,” Obama told host Chris Matthews. “We’re allies on a whole host of issues. But she’s wrong on this.”
“And when you hear folks make a lot of suggestions about how bad this trade deal is,” the President continued, “when you dig into the facts, they are wrong.”
How are we supposed to dig into the "facts" when the treaty's text remains a secret Mr President?
The very people who are supporting this deal ought to give the president pause about who he's getting in bed with to try and pass this secretive package of gifts to corporations and the investor class.