I adore Mark Levin and never miss his podcast. I respect his opinion, but he and Kudlow are wrong on the relative impact of Smoot-Hawley on the Depression. This myth has the weight of scripture among free traders.
What policies do I need to defend of Trump's? I sent quite a bit of cash to Ted Cruz after he announced, but with each passing day believe he cannot be elected against the Uniparty and its media allies. Trump can. Easily. I support his (Jeff Session/FAIR) immigration policies as stated. Does he mean it? I don't know. What I DO know is that John Ellis Bush last week OPPOSED the building of a border fence, and is happy with the misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. Can YOU intellectually defend Jeb's progressive policies? He is actually to the Left of Bernie Sanders on immigration.
Aside from Cruz and Trump, there is no other GOP candidate I would support. All the rest are corrupt and support the Obama-McConnell-Boehner-CoC status quo. Carson is apart from that, but will be quickly exposed in the coming debates.
I disagree with you on trade and Smoot Hawley - and your “scripture among free traders” includes 100% of the all time great conservative economists.
But other than that, I agree with everything else you said. Doesn’t change one fact...your last two responses have been totally different from your first two.