“Let’s not let our great country be laughed at anymore.”

Jacob M. Schlesinger reports in the Wall Street Journal that Donald Trump took out full page newspaper ads in major newspapers across America in 1987 saying,

“ ‘Tax’ these wealthy nations, not America. End our huge deficits, reduce our taxes…” the September 1987 ads demanded. “Let’s not let our great country be laughed at anymore.”

Trade has been a defining issue for the Trump administration during its turbulent first two years, providing the basis for an economic and diplomatic approach that has shaken up the post-World War II global order. The administration has imposed tariffs on half the $500 billion in Chinese goods imported annually, and on steel and aluminum from around the world, while threatening to do the same on cars. Mr. Trump has strong-armed Japan, Europe, Canada and Mexico to the negotiating table.

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