Are you lost? This is not DU! This is FreeRepublic, with emphasis on “FREE”. That means freedom of expression, free trade, freedom to buy firearms, freedom from high taxes, freedom from restrictive regulations, and freedom to practice your religion.
From your senseless rant full of rude adjectives, it is obvious you have no clue. So I do not wish to get into any further debate with you since your intellectual level is not where I wish to descend to.
There are plenty of conservatives who know free trade is a farce and bad for America. Free trade is more a libertine-libertarian idea than a conservative idea. Read your American history. We had strict tariffs for many decades and they were supported by conservatives and others
Free trade is good in theory but the way it works out in the real world it works against US best interests