I will freely admit that I’m not an economics expert.  Not even kind of.  So when it comes to predictions regarding the economy, it’s my instinct to trust the analysis of people who understand that stuff.  Now, when I say people who understand that stuff, I don’t mean self professed “deal makers”.  That would be like listening to an actor’s political opinion: They might know what they’re talking about, but just as realistically, they’re trying to put on a show.  So when the grand consensus by economists, both employed by the government and independent, seems to conclude that isolating the country from trading partners, imposing unnecessarily aggressive tariffs on them, and starting and escalating trade wars will ultimately kill more jobs and companies than help them, I’m inclined to believe them over the one loudmouth “Dealmaker” who is assuring everyone that he’s just playing hardball.