[Persephone Kore]

Everything you said is true, except that tariffs would actually hurt Mexico and other exporting countries also—their volume of exports will drop, and the price they can get will drop.

But, as you said, trade wars will hurt our economy too.

The fallacy of tariffs is that if they hurt your trading partner, people feel (incorrectly) that they would help us. But it's not a zero-sum game. Tariffs will, in fact, drive our economy down too.

His advocacy of protectionism is a major reason that I cannot support Donald Trump.

[Jim W N]

I would urge you to support Trump. He’s not perfect (none of them are) but he’s a step in the right direction. He has demonstrated that he is intelligent enough to learn and actually change his mind and has said he believes in the free market. Whether the value of the free market economy is obtained by his learning or by his predecessor, I’m hopeful for a prolonged change for good in America.

[central_va]

His advocacy of protectionism is a major reason that I cannot support Donald Trump.

People like you usually found themselves at the end of rope in 1776.

PS: We are Free Trading ourselves in Communism, thanks to you and your ilk.