Just to give you a glimpse, I have an old friend who has gone full-on amped-up MAGA, "if Trump does it, it is by definition genius." To give you a feel for the take of the MAGAs on tariffs, some of his social media takes:
He also posts about how our "golden age" was from 1776-1913, when we had no income tax, and we had many tariffs. He talks about the fiscal health of the government (which is debatable), but UTTERLY ignores the health (real and economic) of.....the fucking PEOPLE. For much of that "golden age," our life expectancy was in the high 30s to 40s. Post WWI? We saw it nearly fucking DOUBLE. Per capita GDP? Since 1820, most of our peer nations have seen a ratio rise of around 12-16X. The US? 21.7X.
Like it or not, a global economy, with the US projecting both soft and hard power, brought us incredible wealth, stability, and prosperity. While things HAVE gone partially awry in the past decades, it's not because we have global trade partners and don't have massive tariffs. And even "gone awry," we are still immensely better off than we were in this yearned for "golden age." It's fucking madness.