In what would be another dramatic reversal, President Donald Trump told farm-state lawmakers Thursday he might sign the United States up for the Trans-Pacific Partnership after all.

Just by floating the idea, the Republican president drew the ire of conservatives on social media as he opened the door to joining a trade pact with 11 other Pacific Rim countries that he once dubbed “a continuing rape of our country.”

That comment came in 2016 when Trump was still a candidate for president. After he took office, he wasted little time going after the Obama-era trade deal, saying during his third day in office as he signed an order withdrawing the country from the deal: “Great thing for the American worker, what we just did.”

Fifteen months later, he has further stirred the trade hornets’ nest. His administration slapped steel and aluminum import tariffs on all other countries — with a handful of exceptions — and is on the brink of an all-out trade war with China. Now, suddenly, the president who has railed against trade pacts that feature the U.S. and multiple partners is considering joining the TPP, showing again his willingness to change his mind, even when doing so would betray his core beliefs and political base.

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