“But there are a variety of things the USA enjoys that it cannot easily grow or build here. “
Like what ?
Name one thing that can’t be made in North America ?
Certain varieties of tea, coffee, and kiwi fruit do not seem to grow well here. The kiwi grown here just does not taste as good, for example.
If USA citizens want to spend their money on that type of stuff, who are we to stop citizens from paying people to ship it here? Ships have been sailing the oceans for thousands of years for trade, well before the Globalist movement.
Why did the DoD get an exemption for F15s to use natural earth magnets from China, for example?