re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

jeebus

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he really hasn’t got the first clue about anything

Quite true: and bad enough. What’s worse, though, is that there is a fairly large bloc of voters out there for whom this nonsensical ranting sounds like cogent economic policy.
Mainly because:
1. They don’t know any more about global trade than Trump does
2. It sounds “tough”, and plays to the sense of resentment at “unfair deals”
3. Reassures the moron base that “only Trump can fix stuff”
4. “Owns” the critics.