the ndp have always taken strong positions on trade agreements and their results. And they were right. Trump won with a protectionist platform but it will fail because he and his billionaire cabinet have all gotten rich off of globalization and they will do  nothing that could endanger that. Trump will run into a  brick wall in Congress which is bought and paid for by global corporations. It's easy to blame and bully people with no money or power and that's exactly what agent orange is doing.

Trump's protectionism will be all sizzle and no steak. Heavy on symbolism like building walls and twitter bombast but almost non-existent in reality. He has shown no commitment to any economic policy other than lining his own pockets.

Trump sold the american people a bill of goods, a fantasy that they could get all their old jobs back with only a few duties at the border.

The ndp have always had too much self-respect and integrity to go down that road.