Trump attended the Whorton school of business at UofPenn. the only protectionist business school of our top universities. He's mentioned his respect for McKinley a few times, who was probably our greatest protectionist president (and was assassinated for it).
Friendly reminder: market crashes don't hurt the rich, particularily if they know it's coming. They can buy derivarives, short stocks, or just convert to cash then buy up stocks on the cheap.
Employees at companies will get laid-off as management panics, that's about it.
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I would not have predicted this
Employees at companies will get laid-off as management panics, that's about it.