1. It a legitimate defense when all that is offered up prior is all the reasons you gave, their wasn't a third option to fall back on, there was A and there was B, when all that is left is comparison then comparison then the better of the two comparisons will be your answer.

2)Trumps capitulations to the swamp gave the manufacturing base here a edge up on global competition. This wasn't about caring anymore about who was rich it was about who was getting poorer and by what means. Taking money back from the government, giving it back to corporation by lowering their capitol gains enabled many of them to increase wages in the pockets of citizens not the pockets of government to determine how to give it back to the citizens. It's not a chess game it's turning the tide.

1. Lots of people use known phrases or terminology for lack of better words or wording....we aren't being politically correct around here anymore either.