[Mojave]

So you're saying Reagan was not a protectionist?

Again:

Where Ronald Reagan saw trade regulations, restrictions or tariffs that didn't serve the best interests of the American people, he would work to remove or amend them. Where Reagan saw that regulations, restrictions or tariffs that served our national interests, he would retain or create them.

Did ya miss that one?

[Toddsterpatriot]

Got it, Reagan was not a protectionist and not a free trader.

[hedgetrimmer]

Free trade is certainly not a national policy: it is instead an internationalist one which puts the interests of multinational companies over the interests of the [British] taxpayer and voter.

The effect of "free trade" is the same in every former first world country.

The two vehement "free traders" on this site are rooting for the demise of the American culture. Protection of the American culture and way of life is an anathema to them.