Trump: "We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs." Recent economic history tells us that it was large US corporations seeking increased profit margins, who moved manufacturing jobs to Asia, primarily to China, when wages there were rock bottom - thus eliminating many of the former jobs held by Americans. The products made in Asia were sold at premium prices in America and other western countries for decades. The damage to the US economy is thus self-inflicted and durable, as bringing back manufacturing to a country, where workers expect higher wages, makes no sense, particularly in the present context of increased automation. Moreover, American consumers will ultimately seek to buy well-made products at prices they can afford: chances are that many of them prefer foreign made products, as opposed to those with the "made in America" label, particularly when it comes to cars. Tough times lie ahead.