He can. He will need the US trade commision and/or Congress's cooperation, but he will be able to get that.
Which will be a large tax increase on U.S. consumers.
Our founding fathers viewed tariffs as a tax on foreigners wanting to sell into our market.
The current price of the cheap imports don't include the taxes that domestic producers pay, the cost of supporting unemployed Americans or the opportunity cost of having those Americans employed and paying taxes and spending their earnings into our economy.
He'll need private industry to create the jobs, won't he?
Our founding fathers viewed tariffs as a tax on foreigners wanting to sell into our market.
It may be a tax on the foreigner but it will be passed on to the domestic consumer.
The current price of the cheap imports don't include the taxes that domestic producers pay, the cost of supporting unemployed Americans or the opportunity cost of having those Americans employed and paying taxes and spending their earnings into our economy.
So your solution is to slap on a tariff to make up for that and increase the price everyone pays for imported goods. As a consumer I'm not sure I'm thrilled with that.