Tariffs DO NOT destroy the middle class! Tariffs protect the middle class by evening the playing field. They are used as LEVERAGE by a wise negotiator. You’re right about regulations, but dead wrong about tariffs.
So tell me then did tarrifs save those middle class steel and textile workers? No they did not. In fact they absolutely destroyed entire middle class cities. Springfield Ohio, Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Canton, Akron and the list goes on and on. You cannot undo history and history tells us exactly what tarrifs do....The Chinese won that round.