[Conscience of a Conservative]

Wrong. Trump is a free trader. Do these “analysts” even bother listening to him?

No. He's not. Slapping 25-35% tariffs on foreign goods coming into the U.S. is pretty much the textbook opposite of free trade.

[nhwingut]

Slapping 25-35% tariffs on foreign goods coming into the U.S. is pretty much the textbook opposite of free trade.

Try listening so you don't sound like a fool. Trump said he'd use tariffs as a threat to get better deals. It's part of his stump speech. It's called negotiating.

Or should we continue to get ripped off in the name of "free trade?" Because that's what NRO and the Chamber call conservative (we get ripped off, they win)? Spare me.

[Ancesthntr]

No. He's not. Slapping 25-35% tariffs on foreign goods coming into the U.S. is pretty much the textbook opposite of free trade.

If the world were a textbook, you'd be correct. However, what we have now is far from free trade - it is largely a one-way street for money and jobs to flow out of this country. Couple that with an insanely self-destructive immigration policy (aided and abetted by having a social welfare state that supports illegals), and you have a recipe for...Donald Trump.

Understand that establishment types like Moore and Kudlow created the demand for Trump (or someone like him). Repeatedly and knowingly lying to, and ignoring the desires, complaints and best interests of those whom the elites (of both parties) purport to represent, is a perfect recipe for incredible resentment, at best.