Trump's protectionism is about machismo. Castles must have moats and defenses. His America is envisioned as a tower or gated community--highly dependent, cut-off and vulnerable operations.
Is there intelligent protectionism? At the end of the last ice age the Black Sea, a heavily settled area, was separate from the Mediterranean and lower. The Mediterranean flowed in as sea levels rose.
Similarly with China historical barriers were suddenly removed. It's possible to relocate the affected peoples or wall them off individually or reduce the flow at its origin and let the communities move themselves.
Only one of the options still makes sense but Trump is considering the others because they are the more macho, show-off alternatives and because, again, it's all about him. Donald is trying to find his hard-on.
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