Taft-Hartley, Reagan, Bush, NAFTA, Clinton, China entering the WTO, W. Bush, Biden -- American workers and poor Americans have a history of being sold out for the interests of billionaires and foreign interests.

And American workers and poor Americans are keeping a close eye on Trump. No president can control the economy, but do they put their thumb on the scale for American workers (that shoulders all of the tax burden) and poor Americans? Or do they put their thumb on the scale for billionaire interests and foreign interests? Free Trade (zero tariffs, forced technology transfer to China, and guest worker visas as a sweetener for India to receive remittances): \>Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold economically liberal positions, while economic nationalist political parties generally support protectionism, the opposite of free trade. \>Most nations are today members of the World Trade Organization multilateral trade agreements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free\_trade Manufacturing jobs: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP Economic Research: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Faer.103.6.2121 https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/96/4/581/58177/Estimating-the-Impact-of-Trade-and-Offshoring-on https://www.wto.org/english/res\_e/reser\_e/gtdw\_e/wkshop24\_e/thoenig\_e.pdf https://www.nber.org/system/files/working\_papers/w34108/w34108.pdf Ross Perot discussing free trade: https://youtu.be/Io68bndTR6c https://youtu.be/sM\_PthsFFEw Minimum Wage by Country: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/minimum-wage-by-country Global Labor Arbitrage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global\_labor\_arbitrage Thoughts?