Elizabeth Warren’s Trump-like protectionism just won’t do

Published August 7, 2019 6:25pm ET



It’s no secret that blue-collar workers across the country feel left behind. There’s a reason that recent elections, from Brexit to Donald Trump’s, reflect a growing fear of globalization. Trump won by putting these “forgotten” folks at the top of the agenda, by telling them he was putting “America First” and alleviating their fears. Despite forever blasting the policies of the president, it seems 2020 candidate Elizabeth Warren took notice of this gameplan, and is following in his footsteps with her own presidential campaign. If she keeps it up, she could find success the way Trump did.

But the Massachusetts senator is a protectionist, and more Trump-style protectionism isn’t a good thing.

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