I’ll make it even easier for you. Is America stronger today, compared to other countries, or is it weaker?
Pretty simple isn’t it.
Oh, it’s very simple! However, the cause isn’t because the other nations got stronger, it’s because we got weaker. We decided to become a “give me” society back in the late 60s and it’s been downhill ever since.
How do you propose we’ll tax ourselves into prosperity? That’s what a call for increased tariffs fundamentally are - increasing the taxes paid by US consumers in an attempt to spur domestic prosperity.