[massadvj]

All while under tariffs from foreign countries, I might add...

Please name one of them that is economically better off than us. Their trade barriers do them more harm than good. Look at Japan. Look at Europe. They've had trade barriers for decades and their ecomomies are in far worse shape than ours.

Please name one, just one, instance where trade barriers have worked to benefit a national economy over the long term?

[lelio]

Please name one, just one, instance where trade barriers have worked to benefit a national economy over the long term?

The US? We had tariffs for most of our history.