[papertyger]

What am I hearing from Trump that I don't like? His support for protectionist trade policies (tariffs), for one.

Trump has said nothing about tariffs in the context of protectionist trade policies . He has proposed them as a punitive action against unfair trade policies raised against us, and a means to force other countries to pay for expenses they've caused us to incur.

Tariffs and Protectionism are no more synonymous than Guns and Crime.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Trump has said nothing about tariffs in the context of protectionist trade policies . He has proposed them as a punitive action against unfair trade policies raised against us, and a means to force other countries to pay for expenses they've caused us to incur.

What? Trump has advocated for tariffs as a means of keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S. (see his Ford example, where he threatened to impose a 35% tariff on ant Ford imports if they opened a plant in Mexico). That is the essence of protectionism.