Comment: This just underlines the problem: most Americans are idiots. At this point, we can pretty much call the US a failed experiment in democracy. For democracy to work, you need to have  an informed, critically-thinking electorate. Americans, as a group, are far from meeting that ideal. How they expect to have a good relationship with the world when their President pursues policies that beggar other countries is a mystery. Why Americans don't understand how much poorer they will be if they cut off free trade is another mystery. Many Americans don't understand that automation has cost far more jobs than any trade deal. But it is easier for them to blame the outside world than see the problems in themselves.