Who better to pay taxes than the buyers of foreign made goods? Do you prefer income taxes? This the original plan for the USA 1789 to 1913.
Stock market is sure loving the huge stimulus to the US economy you keep yammering about.
Indeed, income tax is an illegal loophole on raising export taxes, exactly what crushed England and made the colonies revolt.
Actually it is even better than that.
Think hard about this: US imposes tariffs. China manipulates currency lower so that US consumers see no price increases in dollars.
Now tariff money is flowing into the US Treasury, but US consumers are not seeing any price increases. What has happened is that Chinese workers are being paid in money that is not worth as much, with the difference going into the US Treasury.
What has really just happened is that our President has figured out how to tax Chinese workers. What is not to like about that!