Bert, In all seriousness you are woefully misinformed. Try reading up on US history. Here is one you might get started with:
Free Trade, Protectionism, and the Founding Fathers
Are you a protectionist? You might be surprised to know that you probably are and that you are part of a fraternity that includes John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, and George Washington. That's right; America's FoundingFathers were hard-core protectionists. In fact, the central reason for the creation
you misunderstand.
Being protectionist and being exporters are not the same.
Jefferson went to war with the Barbary pirates to protect the global trade of the young nation.
That is completely different than financing a government and protecting American producers with tariffs.
We no longer need the protection of tariffs. We have superior technology and ability to protect us.