The opening to China was due to pressure from multinationals and it started with Nixon and Kissinger and continued all the way to G.W Bush. Trump or his advisors recognized the fact that Hillary Clinton was not telling the industrial North workers what they wanted to hear and they saw a political opening. Up until that time the Republicans were not worker friendly they were business friendly. Credit to Bannon to recognize the opening and give some hope to those factory workers. Of course nothing has happened since those jobs have been lost either to outsourcing or to industrial automation. The same thing that happened to the clothing mill towns that saw jobs move from the NE to the Carolinas and then Bangladesh. The mills on the Connecticut river are now chic apartment complexes and condos and the rive is now clean enough for Atlantic salmon to move back.
the opening to China was done as 'Oh I am sorry' when Chinese embassy was bombed at Belingrad.
Anyway I admit that multinationals wanted that, and surely pushed about it.
it is a good point of view as you place it.
But what is for now?
As engineer I know that the new president must make a desicion, the infrastructures.
he must spend over 4 trillion to them, and generally USA must spend over 16 trillion until the 2040.
well over 20 states (maybe 30) are blessed for having the river roads, especially the Misissipi river.
but most of it needs to be replaced or reignforced.
I hear (rumors) that sometimes it is faster a ship from Asia or Europe to get a USA port and oposite, than among somes states.
and planes are good, but not to carry a state productivity.
yes the last direct Mexico-Canada road is ok, but needs more effiency infrastructure.
The delay of merchandise is something comparing rest countries.
as for Republicans and Democrats.
the old landlord, vs new comer immigrant, and the settlers moving West isover,
the last elections all over USA (and Europe)
we see a strange love of with multinationals and bankers and global trading with Democrats
as also from artists and new students and scientists.
and a strange love of working class, small businessmen, small local problematic industries, with Republicans.
It is called globalization, the communists called it Internationalism,
I liked Trump at 2016 for he was against it, as I also hope for he touch and clean the pimple of overcrowded and growing mass that lives from public aid.
but he seemed little, or touch the wounds and pmples but not clean them.
Lack of traditional and productive jobs lead people to new jobs, casual jobs,
Howmany journalists and media people we have today? how many people live by political parties?
Fake news is our primary mind bombing, stupid news also, 'Watch today senator X piss at his pants' exclusive on !!!!
You know Hillary had a tremendous support from Sorros, how many people worked? how many journalists, and especially media?
sometimes Presidency can be bought,
one of the differences of Globalization with Internationalism is that
second was monotonous, same President for decades, same sounds, same speaches, ahh and poetry, political poetry, like a wooden hammer knocking a wooden tongue at a monotonous rythm.
while first is multi-attacking, faces change, speaches change, sounds change, and movies, ohh movies, political movies, like a cutting disc,at 1000 rounds per minutes, cutting metals.