Exactly. People seem to think it’s Mexico selling their goods here, when it’s actually US companies buying in Mexico. The biggest beneficiaries are going to be the US producers who weren’t competitive and who will effectively be getting a government subsidy now. Same way we pay more for sugar than anyplace else in the world.
You got it where so many do not.
It’s actually a move that enables, by avoiding to deal directly with, stupid government policies and interference that make our companies less competitive. Trump is going after high taxes and regulations. That is good. He is not (yet) going after federal protection of unions and not going after the miserable and unconstitutional federal minimum wage. That is not good.
Either way, tariffs don’t solve any of these root cause problems and make matters worse for the American consumer.