Breitbart: CAMPAIGN MGR ON TPP: TRUMP COMMITTED TO BILATERAL RENEGOTIATIONS, SEEKING TWO-THIRDS VOTE IN SENATE

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On Wednesdayā€™s Breitbart News Daily on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, Donald Trumpā€™s campaign manager said Trump is committed to renegotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with the 11 nations and then honoring the Constitution by getting two-thirds of the Senate to approve those bilateral agreements.

[Reposted from BreitbartĀ  |Ā  Tony LeeĀ  |Ā  November 11, 2015]

He added that Trump is the only candidate in the race who can cut good deals on behalf of the American people.

During Tuesday nightā€™s debate, Trump said that TPP was ā€œa horrible dealā€ that ā€œis going to lead to nothing but troubleā€ and he would rather make ā€œindividual deals with individual countries.ā€

ā€œThis is one of the worst trade deals,ā€ Trump said. ā€œI would rather not have it.ā€

Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon that ā€œthe American government should go out and cut the best deal with individual countries so we can make sure weā€™re getting the best deal.ā€

When Bannon asked whether Trump would make bilateral deals and ā€œuse his force of willā€ to attempt to get two-thirds of the Senate to support it, he said, ā€œabsolutely.ā€

ā€œWe should be negotiating these deals one-on-one with every country. Why wouldnā€™t we want to do that? We negotiate from a position of strength not a position of weakness,ā€ Lewandowski said.

Trump has been touting his business expertise and ability to cut great deals for America, and Lewandowski emphasized that Trump ā€œis the only person in the race who has the ability to negotiate like thatā€¦ where all these other guys will fail.ā€

Lewandowski noted that the TPP agreement allows ā€œa whole series of countriesā€ to attempt to ā€œtake advantage of the United States,ā€ and because ā€œitā€™s an up or down voteā€ (majority vote instead of two-thirds) because of Obamaā€™s fast-track authority, the agreement cannot be negotiated with individual nations.

As Trump mentioned during the debate, Lewandowski also said that if TPP is approved, ā€œthis is a back door access to China to come and continue to eat our lunch every single day, and thatā€™s why TPP should be stopped.ā€ Lewandowski added that there are just not enough people, especially Republicans running for president, who agree with that because ā€œthey think [TPP is] the right thingā€¦ and they are fundamentally wrong.ā€

Lewandowski, as Trump said during last nightā€™s debate, said that the businessman is ā€œunequivocallyā€ a free trader.

ā€œIā€™m a free trader, but we need smart people making the deals, and we donā€™t have smart people making the deals,ā€ Trump said at Tuesdayā€™s debate.

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