Ronald Reagan was more protectionist than many would like to think -- without being a Herbert Hoover -- or maybe Reagan was just lucky that NAFTA was finalized when his successors were in charge.
I don't have a problem with Kudlow. Stephen Moore, though, has been an open borders guy (or something very close to it) going way back. Of course, he's going to attack Trump -- and of course, he should be ignored or put in his place.
It seems to me that you can have more trade protection, or less trade protection, but the propaganda has been through the fifty five years of MY life that ANY protection is BAD BAD BAD. But trade deals never seem to work in our favor. I’m all for tariffs.