This is an absolutely ridiculous way to read the situation, and demonstrates a deeply thoughtless and unserious approach to understanding politics and international relations in general.

There are very specific reasons why both Republicans and Democrats agree on putting tariffs on those products and goods. That's not even remotely comparable to the current situation where Trump is just wildly tariffing everything in a completely deranged, scattershot approach. Even his own party doesn't agree with his current tariff policy, they're just too craven to actually stop him doing it.

What you're doing is just pointing an inflatable dinghy and The USS Gerald Ford, and saying "These both float, therefore the dinghy is capable of launching aircraft." Sure, if you ignore literally every single distinction between two things, they're the same.

All empires fail eventually.

Don't confuse many with most.

But seriously, claims of whataboutism shouldn't serve as a defense. Yes, it's bad nevertheless. No, you can't shield from the counter-blame by that.

Both sides suck here, it's time to acknowledge and change it. Don't hold moral high ground through the virtue of being born elsewhere. Make a change for the better, wherever you are.