first lawmakers to respond to this fear of a trade war, tweeted this. this is dumb. europe, canada and mexico aren t china and you don t treat allies the same as you treat opponents. blanket protectionism is a big part of why america had a great depression. make america great again shouldn t mean make america 1929 again. you re hearing a lot of similar sentiment not just from republicans, but democrats as well. mostly republicans. you re going to see a lot of republicans pushing back on this. look, in this situation what is good politically for president trump is not good for the republican party in general. the president ran on america first. he said he was going to crack down on china, and he s doing that. he s saying, i m checking off a box for a campaign promise. but republicans, they want free markets. they want free trade. they believe competition is going to bring down prices, and right now they re running their midterm election strategy based solely on the economy. and so