I’m about freedom, but there’s no way you’ll ever tell me that it’s a better idea to give a Communist nation the majority of our manufacturing and intellectual property because we can save $10 per iPhone.
The only valid reason for government to interfere with free trade is for bona fide defense reasons. Trump hasn’t mentioned defense as a reason for his tariffs. In fact tariffs don’t address defense at all. It would be government prohibiting the sale of certain things to certain enemy nations.