Barack Obama

One of the things you learn when you are in the military is to trust your leaders, the men (or women) that are the ones directly above you in rank that are the ones giving orders.
You learn to trust their judgment.

They didn't get promoted because they are good looking, won a popularity contest, or just happen to be related to someone higher up in the chain of command.
It isn't a question of it being a cult of personality.
Their education, experience, and intelligence comes into play when they are making decisions.
And their decision-making abilities improve with more experience and more education.

Questioning the President about the TPP, which is not a life and death issue, is just wasted energy.
Caused by anxiety, in my opinion.
Anxiety caused by fear of the unknown, fear of the future.
I am sure the President has taken all of the qualifying aspects of this trade plan into consideration when making his decision to support the TPP.
I trust the President to do the right thing.
This is President Obama, after all, not some other President.

Honestly, I think there are too many people wringing their hands over it, and yet, they don't even know what it is.
It brings to mind that old joke about 9 blind men who were asked to examine an elephant, and then later report their own description of what they thought they were examining.
They gave 9 differing accounts, none of which were correct.
And that is what is sort of going on now, the critics of the TPP are the blind leading the blind.

I trust the President's judgment on this issue.
And that's all there is to it.
I'm not about to start questioning his reasoning, wondering if he has a hidden agenda.
I think he is smart enough to see the end game of this trade agreement.

I trust him as much as I trusted my own mother.