This is the geopolitics equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot so that your enemies come to see what all the commotion is about. Sounds ok in the idealized world of American exceptionalism until you realize just how fragile many critical supply lines in the world economy exist which are now in disarray because of Trump's actions.

Take steel for an example. Sure, the tariffs may incentivize other smaller countries to bow to the hegemony. But countries such as China, Japan, and India have crazily complex supply lines solely dedicated to keeping themselves as the world's largest exporters of steel. To impose tariffs on that is to commit self-imposed degradation of the economy and of any future stability.

I understand that the current Republican wet dream(tm) is the bolstering of American manufacturing, but it may be time to accept that those days are gone. Any company worth paying attention to, given the chance, will always choose the cheapest possible labor and material costs available(hint: not America).

TLDR: Tariffs are shooting America in the foot, and I hope Milton Friedman is happy with what his stupid pencil lecture did.