My hope is that protectionism and trade war is not his goal, but rather a means to an end...a negotiating tactic towards a better end for the US, whatever that end is. We threaten war to assure peace...that type of thing. I don't know if these new strategies will work. But, I don't think the status quo was the answer. I'm willing to give Trump's plan a shot, but his efforts in this regard are not the basis of my support for him.