Liberal activists struggled Monday to avoid giving President Trump credit for killing the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership after he made abandoning U.S. involvement in the 12-Pacific nation trade deal one of his first official acts in office.

As much as liberals hated TPP, they were equally loathe to give him any credit for ending it, arguing instead that the deal was dead before he took office.

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