“Free trade is FREEDOM, and given all the great things I’ve seen Trump do his anti trade position is one of the few things that worries me about him.”
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The U.S. will always be a predominantly market economy, but you cannot sacrifice those without the ability (or desire) to attain the highest skill service -sector jobs OR YOU WILL BE PUNISHED AT THE POLLS. That is reality...it is not “irrational nationalistic fervor”. Your countrymen want to know that you care about their well-being at least a little MORE than you do the well-being of non-citizens. If you don’t, then the Libertarian Party is the best option. But if you do, then throw your lot in with the new Republican party (one that can actually remain a majority party with a compelling vision).
It is precisely love of my fellow countrymen that has me defending free trade.