Republicans were for the tariff pre WWII which was their very conservative position since Lincoln. Then the globalist took over and tariffs became an anathema in this country but not the rest of the world, so FUKB.
Bingo. It was Trotskyists (so-called Neoconservatives) who usurped the RNC after WWII. (1947-48 was a pivotal period in world history.)
Pat Buchanan published an excellent essay recently about how the nation flourished under protectionism.
Neocons like Mark Levin who refuse to acknowledge both the Republican Party’s history on tariffs and the economic efficacy of tariffs for America are not to be trusted.
Irving Kristol canonized the deceitful term, Neocon, and frauds like his son have sustained the foul brand.