There's a reason mercantilism was left in the 1890s. The whole thing is comical. The guy who, historically, has never given an eff about anyone but himself is now the protector and savior of the working class? Give me a break. But that's immaterial. What is material is that the people around him frequently characterize him as averse to details and ill-prepared. So now America bet on an outdated economic approach that, essentially, only this ill-prepared buffoon thinks is a good idea. I believe in America, and I root for America, so I genuinely hope this works. I just don't see it, however, and I think that (a) he is going to go through with it, based on Musk's comments about near-term pain, and (b) there are going to be a lot of people who learn the hard way about tariffs and retaliatory tariffs very soon.