This is a false history. When was the last time we had a Democratic administration with real power? Maybe Clinton’s first term. Clinton had a Republican Congress and an accident-of-history impeachment. Obama had the crash and the fight for ACA. After that the Koch-proxy Republicans effectively shut down government.

Essentially 100% of the working class job loss was a Republican project. Clinton took a chance on letting China into the WTO, but it was the end of his term, and he had no opportunity to assess results. George Bush did, had every opportunity to address currency manipulation, and didn’t. 100% of job losses occurred either during his term or as a result of his crash.

Obama needed all the help he could get in preventing a depression. The Republican Party was fully committed to keeping the country poor (not one vote for stimulus!), so China was actually an ally against the despoiling of our country for electoral advantage. Republicans deliberately blocked any effort to help the people described in this article. As for effects of China, under Obama both the balance of payments deficit and IP theft went down significantly.