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The Abundance Agenda: A Radical Response to Populist Protectionism

Populist Protectionism

Donald Trump’s presidential bid was founded in part on an anti-globalization platform: Revive American manufacturing jobs and save the middle class from extinction – all while sticking it to hostile China, which had been eating our lunch for two decades. The unions loved it as Trump vowed to reverse our chronic trade deficits and cure America of its impoverishing addiction to imports.

How China and Soviet Union cemented ties prior to World War II

World War II

In 1938, the Americans took credit for an unprecedented Soviet air raid on a Japanese air force base in Taiwan that impressed the whole of China. The USSR, however, not only didn’t take offense, but it was actually quite pleased about the situation.