In the US the point of tarrifs is to tax the poor to pay for tax breaks for the rich.

CPUs are so expensive, I guess I'll buy a good old US made abacus instead!

I’ll throw in the “well actually” here so no one gets wrapped around the axle — the true point of tariffs are to boost domestic business at the expense of weakening foreign sales. The scales tipped in favor of domestic businesses should be advantageous and arguably a good strategy in some circumstances …in a vacuum. That’s the “well actually” and it’s worth nothing in 2025 because all advantage is nullified if those domestic businesses lack the skill and resources to produce said goods. The industries currently targeted by tariffs are so huge and complex that domestic businesses stand zero chance (even with tariffs) in place to replicate the technology, supply chain, and workforce that would be able to stand competitively toe-to-toe with the global market.

So it’s entirely a tax on Americans by another name, and for zero gain.

Yes, but the media is willing to lie for him and whatever form necessary to normalize all this

Every American needs to be forced to learn the components of a supply and demand diagram.

In this case there are no competing domestic products though, or few enough as makes little difference. This is just taxation with extra steps.

The important won't eat the costs because there's literally no reason for them to do that.

The tariffs don't actually upset shipping companies, they literally do not care. They continue to sell the product at exactly the same prices it always cost, once it arrives in a US port, that's the end of the transaction as far as they are concerned, since the tariffs apply after that, they are irrelevant.