I don't expect my government to do a whole lot for me. But I do expect it to defend the country from foreign control.
That is what the Commerce Clause as it applies to foreign trade is for, and the enumerated powers of government to make treaties and conduct war with foreign nations.
"[D]efend the country from foreign control" certainly, but that is a far cry from controlling the choices of American Citizens through taxation. Regulate the access of foreign interests, and trade with other nations directly and visibly. A tariff does neither, a tariff is an impostion on American citizens and a control over the citizen not a control over access of foreign governments.
Looks like you and I will just have to agree to disagree in methods where this area of the exercise of the powers of national government are concerned.
Well, I guess this has gone on long enough. It's been a good education, though.