Very interesting study in what "hero worship" looks like.
Before addressing his other "accomplishments", I have one question regarding the first paragraph in your OP, and how #45 has "Stopped the trashy Chinese products from saturating the shelves of American stores".
If that is actually true, in 2018, 2 years into his being elected, imports from China were up 6.7% from 2017, and astronomically up by nearly 58% versus 2008.
As of 2018, (the most recent year measured) U.S. imports from China account for 21.2% of overall U.S. imports.
Yes, he imposed tariffs on China, however, buyers AND sellers were both impacted by that decision.
In trading with China, what has changed for the better that actually benefits America today?
2020 does not appear to be trending much differently.
Learn about the top imports from China to the USA, including top products by category, share of imports vs. other countries, and other stats.
www.junglescout.com
And it's an interesting study into what demonize pathology looks like.
I didn't say that Trump
"has Stopped the trashy Chinese products from saturating the shelves of American stores". That would be if no Chinese products were here at all. Obviously they are, and still in abundance. I said Trump has REDUCED Chinese imports, which is a good thing. Nobody is going to turn around 30 years of trade neglect in 4 years, but at least Trump has put us back on the correct course. ($31 Billion reduction in 6 months)
First, 2018 is NOT the most recent year measured. The US Dept of Commerce (Census Bureau) in first half of 2019 reported a $31 Billion reduction in China imports vs 2018.
How that actually benefits America today, is
1) by allowing American manufacturers to produce those formerly imported goods, thereby expanding American GDP, and creating more jobs in the US, and from that more disposable income being spent into the US economy, from those newly hired employees.
2) American made products tend to be of better quality. I remember 15-20 years ago, already deep into Chinese importation, I had a TV set whose tuner konked out after one year. The old American ones used to last us 20 years, and could be fixed by repairmen coming to the house. I had a VCR whose eject button fell inside the unit frame leaving a hole in the front of the unit. I used to keep a pencil handy to stick in the hole to eject my tapes. Life in China import America.
3) It's never good to have too much stuff coming into the country. That develops a dependency to the import countries, which is unfavorable to national security. Currently pharmaceuticals (including Covid vaccine) are noted as being dangerously in this category, but they're far from the only ones.
After imposing steel and aluminum tariffs, based on national security concerns, the Trump Administration opened six additional Section 232 investigations, intensifying debate over potential legislation to revise the authority. The investigations covered imports of:
ï‚· automobile and automobile parts, initiated May 23, 2018;
ï‚· uranium ore and related products, initiated July 18, 2018;
ï‚· titanium sponge, initiated March 4, 2019;
ï‚· transformers and certain grain-oriented electrical steel parts, initiated May 4, 2020;
ï‚· mobile cranes, initiated May 6, 2020; and
ï‚· vanadium, initiated June 3, 2020
Commerce determined imports of each of the first three products threaten to impair national security. The final reports were submitted to the President, but have not been made public. The President chose not to impose restrictions on uranium and titanium, but potential import restrictions on autos remain pending. The latter three investigations are ongoing.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45249.pdf