In his June 2015 escalator speech/announcement of his candidacy, Donald Trump zeroed in on lopsided trade terms with China and Mexico.
The short of it is that DJT threatened Deep State profits. He had to go by any means necessary.
Today our oligarchic rulers grow rich at the expense of We the People.
I’m not sure how long this can go on, but I’m sure it cannot go on forever.
And then there are the Freepers who supported and defended the free trade deals with the Chicoms. It didn't occur to them the Chicoms would steal the technology and use our money to build their military? As Conservatives, we should have been able to see that coming from the communists, but I guess our side was too blinded by our support for W to see it.
Now like W's handiwork in botching the winnable wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, his free trade deals have left the country in tatters.