> there are indeed some 'well thought out' economic strategies behind tarrifs but that's not what's happening here these are retaliatory tariffs used to get o

> there are indeed some 'well thought out' economic strategies behind tarrifs but that's not what's happening here these are retaliatory tariffs used to get other concessions out of countries -- look at Canada and Mexico besides, as you pointed out, what domestic laptop manufacturing industry is there to protect? Even if Trump were employing tariffs as intended, I'm not sure how many industries the US have that could benefit? Maybe lumber, computer chips (force TSMC to open factories here), car batteries (?)