Unfortunately, not all Americans hold the same values as you. Many on the lower end of the bell curve are struggling to make ends meet and to do so, they will buy the cheapest product that gets them through their current “crisis”.
They don’t pay the extra 5% because they can not afford the extra 5%. Nothing to them is an investment or a value buy because they are struggling to get through the next day / week / month.
I prefer to buy the most durable product that I can find. Sometimes that is an American product (hand tools especially) sometimes that is not. So my 5% to 15% extra is for durability not necessarily American.
Make it a tariff, problem solved.