[Old Teufel Hunden]

"You cannot be a patriot and a globalist at the same time."

Is that in your book somewhere? Do you have a reference? Just because you believe in free trade doesn't mean you hate your country. I love my country and I believe in the nation state system that has been in place for the last 600 years. I also believe that countries that are trading partners are more likely to find peaceful solutions to problems that may arise and I believe that the American worker can and will succeed in the global competitive marketplace. I agree with Trump that if there are unfair practices happening between trading partners, we need to fix them. But scrapping trade with our partners is a stupid idea.

We have always been a maritime nation of trade. From the Quasi war with France to the Barbary Pirate conflicts to the War of 1812. They all had to do one way or another with trade. If we don't continue to secure free trade deals and open up marketplaces, other countries will pass us by.

[central_va]

We were always a nation of tariffs unto the unpatriotic globalist took over both parties.

[central_va]

I love my country

Hmm, really? In my opinion you have skewed and conditional love. A patriot wouldn't pit American against third world peasants for survival for any reason economic or otherwise. A Patriot can see that the slight decrease(or no mostly no decrease) in the cost of a manufactured good is irrelevant to keeping all Americans working and productive. A Patriot can see after 30 year of free trade the country is on the precipice of full blown socialism due to the downward pressure caused by free trade. Paying Americans to make your goods is a small price to pay. But your mileage may vary.

You love making money which in of itself is not a bad thing at all. I like it too. I will not make money on the backs of unemployed Americans even if a few of them were once in union or, God forbid, a Democrat at some point. I don't care they are still Americans to me.