Pointless point you have there jpl. When he is president once again, he'll show you how it's done instead of playing silly word games with the concept. And the consumer does not have to buy anything at all, it's their choice to buy whatever they want from whomever. That's how choice works. Try it sometime. With any large tariff, there will be more pain on the offending country (way more) than on any consumer. You'll just have to go back to the four years of his last time in office to remember how great it was. I didn't notice any problem buying things during that period at all. In fact it was some of the best years I had financially, so not sure where this is all going, but it ain't based in reality.