Steve Hilton on Trump’s Trade Deal: ‘It’s Good For Democracy When Politicians Deliver Their Promises’

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HILTON: "This is a really, really clear plan coming into play step-by-step. The first thing we should say, as you have shown, this is a very clear and specific campaign promise. It’s good for democracy when politicians deliver their promises, that gives people faith the political system works. On the specifics of the deal, it is very good particularly for the dairy industry, also for the car industry as you said, also protects intellectual property for American companies. It’s all around a good deal in itself. The real significance, I think, is that it tells the world that actually this trade strategy, this new disruptive trade strategy for an President Trump is not just bluster and tweeting and having a go at the old regime. It’s really serious and if you get down and negotiate, you can get a good deal. The further, final point is that the people who will be really worried by this is trying to because they will see that step-by-step, the president is now doing deals with allies, Canada, Mexico, next perhaps the E.U. Or Japan. That will be one big alliance against the real threat, which is trying to."