Trump advisers are planning US dollar devaluation if he gets elected

An article (link is here) canvassing a plan for a second Trump administration to send the US dollar lower:

• According to Politico, Trump’s former trade adviser Robert Lighthizer and several policy allies would seek to make American trade more competitive by purposely weakening the dollar.

the article gives a bit of a run down on the pros and cons of a lower dollar, for example:

• more competitive US exports (a pro)
• inflation in the domestic economy as the prices of imported goods and raw materials increase (a con)

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.