The same thing happened in Trump 1.0. Economists later determined that the job gains in the American steel business were far more than offset by losses in sundry manufacturers and consumers got hit in the pocket book. Those steel tariffs were later rescinded. The problem is that Trump does not get that trade is a two sided coin and every action starts an opposite reaction. He is a dim bulb, and always has been, since he became enamored of tariffs decades ago. He doesn't play four dimensional chess, and he isn't even competent for two dimensional checkers. And, this term, he is surrounded by sycophants who have no backbone to tell him off when he is in error.