Thanks for saving me days of research on Tariffs George! Tariffs are the simpleton's Billy-club of choice.

However, I don't believe this is Trump's doing. During the pandemics the tech elites (Northerners in your historical examples) were able to keep buying low cost foreign goods while others, with lower wages, saw their purchasing power plumet.

Tariffs re-direct blame. Therefore they are a perfect political tool.

In short, greed by the elites created the environment for public rage and Trump. If the elites took income-inequality seriously since 2008 we wouldn't be here today, I believe. Well, you wrote the history and it will repeat IMO. Again, thanks for such a great read!!!