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The US imports everything. Food, clothes, all kinds of basic goods. We shifted from a manufacturing economy a long time ago.
Tariffs come into play when goods enter the country. They don't exist until then. So if you put a tariff in place, it's the local consumers who pay them. This drives prices up.
Nobody wants tariffs imposed on them, because it means their exports won't be bought as much. But what happens when there's essentially no competition from the importing country? The people suffer. That's it.
Tariffs are a brute force tool to attempt to bully another country into doing what you want, but they cut off your nose to spite your face.