You saying the (American) free market doesn’t work?
Sure seems like it.
I am an American free market capitalist. I simply believe if we do not protect America, we will lose our nation forever.
Setting aside the issue of tariffs raising prices in order to "create jobs" (can't happen unless prices go up, remember), when you artificially raise the price of a product (in this case, imported oil) a domestic producer doesn't just sit on its hands, it raises prices also to capture the higher margin. It's astounding that you don't see it. My guess is that you deliberately ignore it because doing otherwise destroys the foundation of your argument.
Some folks believe in unicorns, but it doesn't make them real.
New law of they demand we supply.