So, do you think Freepers are economic illiterates or just generally stupid?Most, but not all, are myopic Free Traitors™ who reluctantly got on the Trump bandwagon. The are mini Tom Donohues and hate nationalism and protectionism. Read this.
My part of the trade policy coalition was composed of national security Republicans. They did not want to see the outsourcing of strategic supply chains overseas which would make our defense industrial base vulnerable to disruption while transferring technology to rivals like China. Our partners on the left were labor Democrats who did not want to see American workers lose their jobs as factories closed in the Heartland. Mounting trade deficits meant that American money was not only creating jobs overseas but also building and sustaining industrial capacity that empowered the ambitions of foreign adversaries.
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