How is making the American people pay tariffs on every import they buy getting back "some of the money everybody is stealing from us"? Especially given that trade deficits are all about buying and selling good and services, nothing to do with government revenues at all.
Tariffs are an easy way to get tax money. You just send a tax collector to the port of entry and collect a percentage from the merchants when they show up to collect their goods. If nobody shows up, the governments seizes and sells the goods and pockets all of the money.
No IRS, no tax returns, paperwork, or accountants required. No IRS to go after RICH PEOPLE. Plus people will bribe you to keep from paying tariffs.
That's how it worked in the 1800's. Not today, grandpa. Time to move into the 21st Century and start living in the real world.