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Yikes. This seems to set a bad precedence.

For the majority the union's existence, the US has had the net benefit. It doesn't benefit us anymore? Time to leave. It just reinforces the idea that the US only participates in the world when it unilaterally benefits us.

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What other countries have a record of regularly doing things that cause direct harm to itself for the greater good of other countries?

> that cause direct harm to itself for the greater good of other countries?

That's not what he said. "unilaterally benefits us." This agreement greatly benefited the US which is why we were in it this long.

Which is exactly what the president campaigned on and presumably why his voters voted for him.

And that's not strictly accurate. The US is only pulling out, something they announced a year ago, if a new deal cannot be made.

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