Donald Trump wants us all to know that he DEFINITELY has the upper hand in this whole trade mess. I mean, well respected economists say Trump’s trade policies harken back to policies undertaken in the 80s, namely with Japan, that grew the trade deficit by like 500% in 10 years, but Trump is totally confident, so we all should be too, right?  When he says that every country is every day calling him to deal on trade, we can take that at face value, right?  Though it has been pointed out that back in the 80s, when we were playing a similar game with Japan, and things got worse, that Japan largely played ball, unlike say China and Canada, who are definitely not, imposing large tariffs of their own.  LISTEN! Clearly everything is under control!  I mean, what reason can we possibly have to think that Donald Trump, master deal maker, doesn’t know what he’s doing?