Dominic Pino
There's no way to Reaganwash this. Avg. tariff rate below 4% Reagan's entire presidency. Reagan negotiated Canada FTA, wanted free trade with whole Western hemisphere. Reagan was not as consistent a free trader as he could have been. He was clearly not a Trump protectionist.
Kevin Roberts
Reagan's timeless list (from 1985) of violations against free trade: "When domestic markets are closed to the exports of others, it is no longer free trade. When governments subsidize their manufacturers and farmers so that they can dump goods in other markets, it is no longer free trade. When governments permit counterfeiting or copying of American products, it is stealing our future, and it is no longer free trade. When governments assist their exporters in ways that violate international laws, then the playing field is no longer level, and there is no longer free trade. When governments subsidize industries for commercial advantage and underwrite costs, placing an unfair burden on competitors, that is not free trade." Like Reagan, @realDonaldTrump is using reciprocal tariffs as statecraft, in order to correct those violators--almost all of whom, laughably, use the trope of "free trade" as an argument against correcting their abuses. 2/3