Here's the abstract.

Trump is blowing a system that has benefitted the US in a way that is likely to increase the concentration of wealth in the hands of the already super wealthy and materially harm the vast majority of Americans..

And that ☝️is the bottom line. 8/8

I'm not a free trade absolutist, and I'm Realist enough in my assessment of global politics to believe that there are some national security reasons to limit how free trade is. The pandemic reminded us that dependence on supply chains for essential goods is potentially dangerous. But 7/8

4. Explaining comparative advantage: www.wto.org/english/thew... 6/8

3. For comic relief:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...
(We usually say "Smoot-Hawley," rather than "Hawley-Smoot." Aside from that detail, this is spot on.) 5/8

2. We tried this before. It did not go well.
www.investopedia.com/terms/s/smoo... 4/8

Here are some sources I found useful.
1. Even Conservative exports understand that Trump's tariffs are bad for the US. 3/8 www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/tari...

I posted a quick explainer on Facebook, too, because many friends and family just don't know this stuff. Not because they're stupid, but because it's not their job. Also pro-Trump friends/family should also hear truth even if they don't accept. (I still care about them!) 2/8

BUT HER EMAILS!

[qt of Amb Ross, con’t.] “to discredit their cause. Kidnapping and killing by hand 9 month old babies is monstrous. No cause can justify it. It is past time forPalestinian leaders to condemn Hamas.”