It's protectionism to be sure, the enemy of progress. Economic liberalism got too far ahead, and failed to distribute the wealth back to society as was promise

It's protectionism to be sure, the enemy of progress. Economic liberalism got too far ahead, and failed to distribute the wealth back to society as was promised. Finally stung, the people turned their back on economic liberalism (for now), and will continue to until they can say "Yay, we destroyed those jobs, now no one needs to do them!".