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I've been buying American for years.
As have I.
That said, there are a lot of "conservatives" that will have apoplectic fits over folks exercising their free-market rights not to trade with Most Favored Nation PR China.
Tough titty, said the kitty! I'll call 'em a waaaaaahmbulance!
Hand tools are a perfect example. Try busting a flange on a 12" or bigger dia. pipe with a POS China combo wrench or have a pipe wrench bust on you when you're applying full pressure!
I used to make sure that every tool I bought was American made. I saw the bloody results too many times from some poor schmuck who went cheap on his tools and suffered for it.
To this day I won't buy Made in China tools, even if I have to pay a little extra...which, thankfully, isn't too often.

Chinese tools are crap. I was blessed to inherit a large (machine-shop sized) set of circa-1980 tools. With the exception of a few odd “made in Japan” tools they are all US-Made (Craftsman, Snap-On and several long-defunct small makers). I have some even stouter 1940s vintage tools bought at a surplus auction. The 1/2” chuck electric drill in that group weighs 25 lbs and can uproot 3” trees when hooked to a winch! I make it my business to keep all those tools cleaned, lubed and in tip-top condition. A friend of mine who brags of buying all his tools from Harbor Freight is always asking to borrow mine...I wonder why? ;-)