Trump is moving towards a version of de Gaulle’s dirigiste economics, with strategic industries being declared “national champions.”
We’re not moving towards communism. We’re moving towards state capitalism.
We are moving to free trade between the states and highly restricted trade with the rest of the world. Which is the way the country was designed to operate from day one.
State capitalism is not capitalism. It’s similar to the economics of fascism, which is a close cousin to all other forms of socialism.
We haven’t moved toward anything yet. Why not wait to see what actually comes of all the rhetoric before making that judgment?