Gingrich reverses course on trade as Trump VP chatter swirls

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, under consideration as Donald Trump’s running mate, is dropping his decades-long support of free trade deals and picking up Trump’s strongly protectionist position.

“I basically agree with Trump’s speech on trade,” Gingrich said in an email to POLITICO on Friday.

iting China’s taking of American intellectual property and the fact that the country is now in “a different era,” Gingrich said he had moved closer to the position of the presumptive Republican nominee.

That represents a significant shift for Gingrich, who championed trade agreements while a congressional leader, and a move that would smooth over one of the biggest policy differences between the two men who could form the Republican ticket.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/newt-gingrich-trump-trade-vice-president-225035

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Didn't see THAT coming...

[tonyt53]

1. Gingrich has shown over the years that he has a pathetic soul. Just another example.

[OnDoutside]

14. Chuck Todd just showed Newt being interviewed in 1993 trumpeting Trade Agreements ....

That'll haunt him if picked

[keithbvadu2]

2. Could that be what is called a 'flip flop'?

[iandhr]

3. I am pretty sure that what they call it.

[yellowcanine]

9. More like a flip suck up.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Opportunist

Newt was on the free trade bandwagon as long as it was a power grab for him

now he's against it to try to grab more power

Newt is a dangerous lunatic

[Angry Dragon]

5. Gingrich: Found guilty of ethics violations, fined $300,000

Just the type of man the republicans think should be the VP

[MFM008]

6. After Michelle and Jill

Can we see Melania and Calista in the white house?

[rurallib]

11. Maybe they'll bring in the ex-wives too

you know, family values and all

[hibbing]

7. Has he written a book about it to pimp yet? n/t

[yellowcanine]

8. Would be really funny if Trump chooses someone else after Newtie went to all that trouble

getting his lips firmly affixed to Trump's posterior and all......

[Scientific]

10. Republican Integrity - is a sick joke

Flip flop freaks...pander bears. Pathetic.

[SummerSnow]

12. I can see him choosing Newt the Hewt , they have so much in common...

1. Both are cheaters
2. Both had 3 wives
3. Both are first class jerks

[Ilsa]

13. Trump will ax Newt after Trump catches him eyeballing Melania

during the inauguration lunch** after the first glass of wine. Newt probably has posters of her hidden away in his study where Calista won't find them.


** Should such a national disaster of this proportion occur.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. What does Newt bring to the ticket?

Granted I imagine Trump is having trouble finding anyone who wants to be his VP, but Newt is 73, has his own ethics issues, also has 3 wives and is from a solidly red state.

[IronLionZion]

17. Experience

since Trump has no government or policy experience.

[Lunabell]

16. Bwahahaha

Stick your finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing.