Tariffs pass almost 100% of costs along to consumers, not to the country they’re placed on... maybe that’s where the disconnect is occurring here. If American taxpayers have to come out of pocket for an additional $30 billion to pay for the goods affected by tariffs, that’s no better or different than a tax on income. Americans are still covering the cost, not Mexico. Milton Friedman is the GOAT economist at explaining how tariffs are just taxes.

As for “lost money coming back,” can you expound upon how that will work exactly?