Was TPP Part of the Private Conversation?

It appears that in the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Japan took Trump’s words seriously enough to send its Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to speak directly with Trump prior to his inauguration. AS a result of Trump’s isolationist rhetoric, the international community has been left in disarray as to what the world’s most powerful nation will do next on the world stage. Will it retreat as it has threaten? Will it break international mutual defense agreements? Will it break long standing free trade agreements and walk away from already negotiated ones like the TPP? Or, will Trump disappear during a lame duck session of Congress if it passes and allow it to exist once he is in power with the promise that he will fix it?! Fix it much later, but fix it nonetheless. For those of us counting on the corruptive influence of money and corporations, we are looking for ANY ray of light in this dark time. Perhaps corporate America’s influence is so strong that it will influence Trump and Congress into bringing the agreement into a vote during the lame duck session of congress. Perhaps that is why Japan’s Prime Minister was quoted as saying after the meeting that “As an outcome of today’s discussions, I am convinced Mr. Trump is a leader in whom I can have great confidence.“