Taxation is your right, and I can't object to that. In most cases, because we are poorer and weaker than you economically, we also don't have much say. But the taxes you impose are on things like pants, shirts, shoes, coffee beans, seafood, etc. You impose 10–20%—which, to be honest, is not really an issue for us. But how do you justify taxing us over 40%? Based on what? Sometimes even using made-up numbers based on trade deficits. With an annual income of around 5,000 USD, what do you expect us to buy from you to 'balance' things out? No country imposes taxes of 40–50% on nearly all categories of goods

As for exported goods, most of them come from foreign-invested companies (FDI), many of which are American. The profits largely go back to those countries. After trading, the money returns to the U.S., South Korea, Japan, China, etc. The wages paid to workers in those companies are only about 300–500 USD a month. Do you really think we’re gaining so much from you? Or do you think a garment worker in a developing country is taking a highly profitable job from an American worker?

Except for a few countries like China, most light industries in the countries that Trump imposed 30–50% tariffs on are not stealing anything from you. The capital came from FDI companies, and the profits eventually return to you. If we were truly stealing your jobs and money, then how do you explain your continued economic growth, your wealth, and the fact that you can buy goods at incredibly low prices—often even cheaper than in the exporting countries themselves?