Um, no. The opposite experts in fact.
Protectionism helps a few connected citizens to the detriment of the no connected.
The same people getting screwed would get screwed worse.
Um, no yourself. The phrase "protectionism" describes the abuse of tariffs. The non- use of tariffs in an uneven regulatory playing field is, indeed, sabotaging this country. That's WHY China and India don't impose American level tariffs. Denying this simple, obvious fact isn't even stupidity - it's lying.
You know who else loves free trade? That German guy from the 1800s who gave birth to the wretched political system that bears his last name and is the same as Groucho.