Yes, I got that.
Now explain how you "know" that a significant number of Americans cannot afford something they wanted, because of it.
(note that i am generously NOT making a point about you proving any increase in price)
Do you have any idea how trade works?
I'm no expert.
Now., support your conclusion, or admit it was just an assumption you made, so that you could play a little game of "attack Trump".
No kidding.
I'll explain it to you:
ACME imports a few thousand widgets from China in November. They sell it to retailers or another wholesaler. They paid up front for the widgets and sold them at a mark-up so they made money on the deal.
ACME imports a few thousand widgets from China in December. They sell it to retailers or another wholesaler. They paid up front for the widgets and sold them at a mark-up so they made money on the deal.
Tariffs are imposed on January 1.
ACME is given a new price for those widgets and decides they can't afford to import them from China. They would have to increase their price to the retailers or another wholesaler. So they keep the money in their pocket.
If they could still make money at the new price, they would. They made a business decision that they cannot. Hence we are not importing as much any longer.
Got it. I accept that this might have happened.
Now demonstrate that any significant number of consumers, was unable to buy the shit they wanted, due to this unspecified price increase.
Apparently, you don't "got it".
As wholesale costs rise, it would be most illogical (or "stupid" if you prefer to label yourself that way) to assume retail prices are not going to follow.
At any rate, the American importers can no longer afford the items they were buying (and making a profit on) from China due to tariffs.
YOur claim was that American CONSUMERS could not afford the stuff they wanted.
An American importer, POSSIBLY, having to find other sources, or God Forbid, possibly having to use AMERICAN sources, supporting AMERICAN JOBS,
does not support your conclusion that a significant number of American consumers are suffering real harm, in not being able to get the products they wanted.