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During NRA speech, Trump drops out of another global arms treaty
Washington Post ^ | Apr. 26, 2019 | Missy Ryan and John Hudson

Posted on 04/26/2019 11:17:14 AM PDT by Innovative

President Trump announced Friday that he would un-sign the global arms pact known as the Arms Trade Treaty in the latest illustration of his aversion to international pacts and world governance.

“We will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your Second Amendment freedom,” Trump said during a speech before the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis. “I’m officially announcing today that the United States will be revoking the effect of America’s signature from this badly misguided treaty.”

The origins of the treaty, which sets out international rules for sales and transfers of everything from small arms to large planes and ships, date to the George W. Bush administration. It was negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations and signed in 2013 under President Barack Obama but has never been ratified by U.S. lawmakers.

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Excellent! That's our president. Putting US interests first.
1 posted on 04/26/2019 11:17:14 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

It was never ratified. Obama knew it wouldn’t be ratified, but signed anyway.

Although this will be portrayed by the MSM as Trump’s arbitrary decision, the over-reach was Obama’s. Here, and with the Paris Accord as well.


2 posted on 04/26/2019 11:19:44 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: Innovative

Liberals will be going ballistic!.................................More than usual.................


3 posted on 04/26/2019 11:19:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Innovative

Move in the right direction but to be honest I am more concerned about the Dems constant effort to take away our 2nd Amendment rights.


4 posted on 04/26/2019 11:22:30 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: Innovative

The Arms Trade Treaty was the UN’s encroachment into our nation’s sovereignty. The Globalists lose, America wins.


5 posted on 04/26/2019 11:23:31 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Innovative

Bur,...But.... wtf bout our image worldsugar daddy....???????????????????


6 posted on 04/26/2019 11:23:37 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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"...his aversion to international pacts and world governance."

Best election, best POTUS, evah!

7 posted on 04/26/2019 11:23:43 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Excellent!
You want to bow to the World Government, Congress needs to put their head on the chopping block and vote for it.


8 posted on 04/26/2019 11:23:46 AM PDT by Zathras
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Think I’ll go to gun range this weekend


9 posted on 04/26/2019 11:24:21 AM PDT by Spruce
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Great! Now that means we won’t have to shoot at blue helmets anytime soon.


10 posted on 04/26/2019 11:24:36 AM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Innovative
Obama signed it ....sure nuff.

Congress did not ratify it.

Trump said....What the hell are you doing. We do not have an International Constitution.

11 posted on 04/26/2019 11:25:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Not valid anyway (since it was never ratified) so it is not binding. Trump is still 0/1 on gun issues. He banned bumpstocks but hasn’t done anything on the plus gun side.


12 posted on 04/26/2019 11:26:11 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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HK can be imported again to the USA?
:-)


13 posted on 04/26/2019 11:30:37 AM PDT by Zathras
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your kidding right?

forgetting about judges ?
forgetting about NRA appearances ?


14 posted on 04/26/2019 11:31:36 AM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: taxcontrol
Move in the right direction but to be honest I am more concerned about the Dems constant effort to take away our 2nd Amendment rights.

This treaty gave the UN the right to do that....which is why the head RAT (Zero) signed it. That way the RATs could say, "It's not us doing this. It's the UN"

15 posted on 04/26/2019 11:32:17 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: taxcontrol

not just their constant effort to take away gun rights, but also their deep desire to give away our sovereignty to foreign nations


16 posted on 04/26/2019 11:32:51 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Innovative

Entangling treaties are one way constitutional rights can be damaged or taken away.


17 posted on 04/26/2019 11:34:11 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Yeah it was clear he said ‘no foreigners’ would ever take away our 2a rights. That of course doesn’t mean domestic enemies won’t stop trying.

But given his context was about getting out of a bad foreign treaty, his point is great and its good we are out of that mess.


18 posted on 04/26/2019 11:35:41 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Innovative

Not ratified = the US is not a party to the treaty and could not “pull out” because it was never in


19 posted on 04/26/2019 11:38:18 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: Innovative

Negotiated by W, signed by Obama in 2013 but never ratified in the past six years? Ditch it.


20 posted on 04/26/2019 11:39:20 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Fake news lies, credibility dies.)
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