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Are we pretending Clinton democrats were not passionate free traders before?

• nonethewiser 1y ago
  Trump is closer to Bill Clinton than any current Democrat leader.
  • arrosenberg 1y ago
    45 was, 47 is closer to President McKinley than any modern politician.
    • lesuorac 1y ago
      To use actual numbers instead of indicies. The parent was claiming that say 10 is closed to 2 than any of the 100s are. It is also true that 10 is closer to 9 than 2. That said, given how much Trump has increased not only government spending but also the deficit he's pretty far _politically_ from Clinton. However, IIRC, the two of them were _physically_ closer on Epstein's island than any current democratic leader.
• olalonde 1y ago
  Support for free trade has more than doubled according to this poll: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpgFd1qWIAAKFlc?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpgFd1qWIAAKFlc?format=jpg&name=...
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  • arrosenberg 1y ago
    Not really proof of much. It's more likely that there is a huge increase in people who don't like having their taxes increased by a cadre of billionaires. I doubt support has increased for expanding free trade policies (e.g. the TPP and TTIP treaties Obama tried to complete).