This exchange showcases exactly how shallow your "conservativism" is -- not a single one of your links demonstrates your contention. Having a trade deficit isn't evidence of the other country "taking advantage of" the United States. We benefit in numerous ways from trade deficits.
The fact that you moronically thought you were proving someone wrong is icing on the cake -- you're a gleefully ignorant, deluded tribalist, and nothing more. You don't know how to think beyond what the Cheeto-in-Chief tells you the stance du jour is.
The Cato Institute -- the Koch brothers' far-right "think tank":
Trade deficits are not a sign of unfair trade practices or a lack of American “competitiveness.”
Source:
https://www.cato.org/publications/co...eally-bad-news
Forbes:
"He seems to think big trade deficits mean the U.S. is losing in the game of international trade. But nothing could be further from the truth. They are good: The bigger the better, in fact."
Source:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonco.../#7c6e44772b96
NYT:
"Most economists do not see the trade gap as money “lost” to other countries, nor do they worry about trade deficits to a large degree. That’s because trade imbalances are affected by a host of macroeconomic factors, including the relative growth rates of countries, the value of their currencies, and their saving and investment rates."
Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/u...sts-trump.html
You are, as always, willfully ignorant and easily humiliated. Better luck next time, shit-for-brains.