Nonsense.  The trade issue is an important one to seriously consider which Gerson does not.  Do we want to bring industry back to the US?  Free trade will not do that.  Yes, tariffs will drive some prices up, but trade protection properly applied will bring jobs back to the US.  Is the increase in cost worth bringing jobs back?  That is a serious question.  We might experience a drop in standard of living if everything is to be made in the US, but at the same time it would make us more self sufficient and put Americans back to work.  Gerson's disinclination to analyze this matter thoroughly reveals him as the partisan hack that he is and that he cannot be taken seriously.