Headline is false. All of them, including Trump, were FLEXIBLE on trade. Trump phrased it as negotiating a GREAT deal. But more than any of the others, he was for negotiating deals.
Ted tried to educated the ignorant by explaining the difference between FREE trade and NEGOTIATED trade. In the past, the trade deals labeled FREE trade have not been FREE at all. They have been complex favoritism for Chamber of Commerce, environmentalists, labor union bosses, foreign special interests and Beltway Cartel interests.
Re-writting history on works in Communist countries.
Cruz only started preaching “smart trade” or negotiated trade, since Trump has been showing how America is been screwed over by “free” trade. All last evening the 3 others, C, R and K were shouting “Me too” on everything Trump has advocated from Day One.
“Ted tried to educated the ignorant by explaining the difference between FREE trade and NEGOTIATED trade.”
That is a nonsensical way to describe it, because the negotiations have been the vehicle that enables “free trade”. It just so happens that the end results are destroying this nation economically.
Free trade agreements means all those products pour into the United States untaxed while all our goods are supposed to pour into other countries untaxed. The only problem is, those people in other countries, due to their slave labor wages, do not have any money to purchase our goods.