This all-round wave of tariffs will lead to a further loss of image for the USA. Pandora is out of the box and both the US and Europe are on the decline in power and meaning. The rest of the world sees it that way, if you listen to the murmurs and the constantly repeated messages from other countries outside Europe and the States.

The Empire is dying and unfortunately people don't realize that a dying giant has an impact on the rest of the world and should be allowed to shrink gracefully, so as the rest must not suffer along. The malice and unfortunately also the resentment of other states and cultures are justified, but this does not solve the problem.

The past cannot be revived and every story that has begun has a moment of unrepeatable opportunity.
It is the tone that makes the music and although the informed know and see that the USA is desperate but cannot admit it - they are not used to it - they are deprived of pardon. It is a tragedy that people allow themselves to be vengeful when it is often the case that they actually mean the governments. Or else the wire-pullers.

I do not think that the increase in tariffs will have the intended effect in the long term. Economic growth or a stable economy cannot be enforced if the kennel itself is considered weak.