(I think I quoted your reply twice. I'm new to this type of thing and I don't really know how to navigate forums so I apologize.) Basically what help I need is simply to be able to defend Mr. Trump's economic policies. I'm told there's a general consensus among economists that protectionism doesn't work well, and if that's so, I would assume Trump's economic plans aren't going to bode well with the economy. However, I'm not an economist or anything so I don't know. Bottom line, what I'm looking for is unbiased, empirical support for Trump's economic policies, assuming it exists. (Personally, I think the reason Trump's economic policy proposals are so heavily scrutinized is because he's anti-globalist.)