Chapter 6 explains how Donald Trump cut the Gordian knot, and how the traditional issues of free trade versus protectionism made a comeback in the 2016 presidential election. The analysis quantifies and chronicles the evolving salience of trade policy, showing how the attention that politicians devoted to this issue peaked in the early 1990s. Legislators and presidents invested less of their political capital in this issue thereafter, such that by 2016 many of them treated this as a third-tier topic. Trump correctly perceived that the inattention of the political professionals left behind an underserved market, and one that he could effectively exploit by appealing to a neglected constituency that sees globalization as a threat. The chapter also speculates on what Trump’s manipulation of this issue may mean for partisanship and policymaking in the years to come.