Yes, the Trump administration is at fault for the recent jump - but they are merely adding to a problem going back decades.
Apple should pay a lot more tax to the US than it does. So should Google, so should Exxon, etc. So should all the rich people in the USA.
Time and time again, right-wing people will argue that the corporations and the billionaires will flee the USA if we keep their taxes the same, or increase them some. But that's just not true. In fact, the corporations will flock to the USA and so will the billionaires if you raise taxes on them.
How do I know this? Because it's the only logical thing. Corporations like stability because it makes their profits predictable and lets them control the mood in the room (innovation, regulation, etc). Low taxes for the rich mean chaos - an extremely large, underpaid, underfed, underrepresented bottom class will not be good for the rich in the long run. High taxes for the rich mean a well-sustained middle class, with money to spend on products made by the corporations. It is also a safer place, with less homelessness, less violence, less hatred.
Raise the taxes on the rich. Stop the false narratives perpetrated by the hate-driven, xenophobic, spiteful right-wing media. Raise taxes on the rich and our society will be so much better for it - especially the rich.
What I really don't understand is why these (my) opinions are considered left-wing. Shouldn't basic fiscal conservatism be a right-wing/conservative idea? It should be but it isn't! Right-wing, conservative politics has always been nonsense - constantly ignoring science and logic in order to make policies based around short-term greed.
I'm about as "left-wing" as they come, but all of my opinions match with what I would have expected right-wing policies to be about. But as it turns out, saving money, working to have a strong economy with a middle class that spends money, letting states make decisions themselves, etc, are all not right-wing policies at all! They are left-wing policies in the real world.
So where is conservatism? The thing the world needs most is a real conservative party in the US and Canada, one that does not hate immigrants, one that loves to clean up the environment (because it's going to save money to do that now instead of later), one that respects states rights.
Then the US elections could mean something again. But until then, it's not left vs right, it's just logic vs. stupid.