[Hermann the Cherusker]

"Remember the goal is to create domestic investment to get Americans high paying manufacturing jobs. "

I was speaking of tarriffs in general, and their effect of making owners of capital, foreign or domestic, more desirous of investing in the US to avoid paying a tax on imports.

[presidio9]

I was speaking of tarriffs in general, and their effect of making owners of capital, foreign or domestic, more desirous of investing in the US to avoid paying a tax on imports.

There's your problem. You have not yet grasped how fleeting your benefit is. Tariffs are a temporary fix, and they tax all to help a few.