The funny part about this tariff debate is that Trump already did it in 2016 - 2020. In my opinion it had positive effects. Kind of a stupid scare tactic.
Tariffs are a tool. Nothing more - nothing less. They are designed to stimulate a particular economic activity. In some situations tariffs are bad. In some they are good.
Why are we getting hung up on it?
Your opinion would be empirically wrong, as position I’m sure you’re quite familiar with
https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-paid-trump-tariffs-would-do-so-again
Tariffs are a tool. Nothing more - nothing less. They are designed to stimulate a particular economic activity. In some situations tariffs are bad. In some they are good.
Even Ferris Bueller’s class knew about it
Because he lies about who pays for it on a regular basis, it’s his only economic plan, and they’ll steamroll the economy
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4938752-trump-economic-policies-impact/
But, reality has never been your strong suit.
If the tariffs were fundamentally bad for us why did Biden leave them in place?
I do not know the answer to that question.