It’s true that the trade agreements are managed trade rather than genuine free trade.
But Trump sounds like he would be very quick to impose restrictions on trade (tariffs, quotas, etc.), which is the opposite of a libertarian position.
Trump should focus on our real problem, which is the excessive spending that has resulted in our huge budget deficit.
He does say that he will eliminate the national debt in 8 years, but his proposed “method” for doing this is to get rid the trade deficit, which has basically nothing to do with it.
On the hand, one issue with Trump is you can’t really tell what he’ll do once he’s in office. He seems to say whatever he thinks will play best at any given time. It’s possible that he plans on reducing the size of government because it needs to be done, but he doesn’t want to be pinned down right now on what he would actually cut, because it would lose him votes.
In general terms, however, Trump seems fine with big government. Big government is not a political philosophy that I can support, nor is it one that used to be popular on FreeRepublic.
“It’s possible that he plans on reducing the size of government because it needs to be done”
The reason I trust he’ll cut government spending is that he will cut the fat he sees just as in his business. He is maniacal at eliminating waste. He already said he’ll cut most of the department of education. I expect he will cut like a madman -or like a businessman- across the board.