OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT:

The Obama administration drew fire from some of its closest allies after announcing a new free trade agreement with numerous Asian countries on Monday.

Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, said he was "disappointed" in the White House for rushing through the deal, which eliminated trade barriers and tariffs between the United States and a dozen Asian countries. [...]

The president's assurances did little to assuage the skepticism of the Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders. The socialist Vermont senator called the negotiations "disastrous" and said that it would lead to job losses in the United States through outsourcing, according to the Hill.

"It is time for the rest of us to stop letting multinational corporations rig the system to pad their profits at our expense," Sanders said Monday.

Many labor unions agreed with the insurgent presidential hopeful.

The Teamsters, who announced last week that they would delay their presidential endorsements after the rise of potential challengers to Hillary Clinton, praised Sanders on Twitter for opposing the "no good, very bad #trade deal."

Marc Perrone, head of the United Food and Commercial Workers, dismissed "rosy rhetoric and false promises" that supporters use to describe it.

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