He is trying to kill the only part I agree with.
You, FDR and other economically ignorant Americans like it. We’ve got the history behind trade wars and they are not pretty. The Puritans so hated the British laws against free trade that, good Christians they were, they happily endorsed and participated in smuggling.
Repeat slowly until understood fully: “Trade is good.” Once you can say that without choking you can move to level 2:
“Trade makes a country and its people rich.”
Too bad Americans years ago didn’t (and now CAN’T) “Buy American.”