It’s about winning hearts and minds, especially in the rustbelt states that have been hammered by relentless outsourcing of jobs and capital.
Trump has a clear message: make America great again.
Notice that his message does not include making the 1% great by contacting communist chinese and socialist mexican labor at gunpoint for pennies on the dollar.
So what are his trade positions? is he for outsourcing? amnesty? If he is than this pick makes even less sense if your trying to sell MAGA..