Timing and target is key. My problem with tariff raising is the TRUE economic condition of the nation. We know a lot of the data over the past 8 years has been fraudulent. In a scenario primed for growth, we could see benefits, as we did in the 80s. When the situation is the opposite, you can get a tipping point like Hawley-Smoot.
Smoot-Hawley causing the Great Depression meme is a globalist propaganda talking point.