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I don't have an issue with the process itself, just with the message conveyed by how the Trump administration is going about it. Either it's wilfull incompetence, already showing your potential enemies your weaknesses or a grand gesture to symbolise that nationalism is the order off the day. Which he has already stated will be the path the US is going to follow, this would literally be the next most logical step.
Obama did a lot to reopen the pathway to the world/globalization after W. had it slammed on his face. Looks like they're taking all the nice/gentle reps who reopened these doors and replacing them with business minded/pro-Murica reps to ensure that the west is out there steady competing with China/east as the next stage of this game of risk goes into play. China working on building a new silk road and the only way the US is gonna be able to compete is with someone like Trump at the helm. Think dollars and cents.