
the 4% that isnt a tax? it has alienated allies, started/pushed relationships that would not have progressed otherwise, all because trump wanted fairy tale investment numbers into boosting american manufacturing, something which takes years to set up (so those numbers arent even that big actually). and when everything is set up, the new jobs pay less than service or whatever other jobs there are, with worse conditions and raised prices.
so 96% of tariff revenue is americans forced to fork over their already short money, so trump can see big number related to american manufacturing spurring up, which isnt actually that good for americans, is slightly better for the elite class but not even that good for them, and allies have been shooed away, enemies bolstered. the only reason to do this is bc someone has a hyper isolationist view of the american future, which doesnt work, but also heavily implies war is coming.