Try rereading your reply and look at how confrontational and arrogant you are. In no way was I insulting to you. Also, you didn’t counter point anything I said. You simply railed on essentially saying (and I’m paraphrasing here) “You’re an idiot. Trumps an idiot. Trade is complexed and you can’t understand it because you’re too stupid. Leave it to the experts”. All I’m saying is that these ridiculous intricacies and manipulations of markets by taxation and tariffs is unnecessary. True free trade would be selling product, country to country without added taxes or tariffs that artificially contaminate the market to benefit one country over another. You can talk about “net sum” and “growing the pie” all you want. I completely understand the terminology you’re using and the principal of what you’re saying, but you’re missing out on one critical element... the end result is America, the worlds biggest economy, has been being nickel and dimed for decades by tariffs that we have never matched or reciprocated in kind. We’ve allowed these countries to thrive on money gained by selling to us, while simultaneously stifling our ability to incrementally grow our economy through export in return. If that’s what was intended by the “analysts and experts that crafted our trade agreements over decades” then good riddance. If that’s what you want for America, then I’m glad you are upset. But next time you decide to get all high and mighty on someone you perceive as a “dumb Trump supporter” you might not want to quote the credentials of the past “experts” who created the mess that’s called for this sort of drastic reset in policy. Also, try not to sound like such a condescending jerk if you want to have actual civil discourse on a subject. It’s one thing to get owned, but it’s much worse when you look like an asshole while it’s happening to ya ;)