Canada

The executive branch gets revenue from taxes, independent from congress.

The reason for tariffs is to have a source of funding he and his Project 2025 cronies control without oversight. Need to pay wages for the American Sturmabteilung? This is how you do it.

This worked once, way back in the 19th century. It hasn't worked since.

Not to mention that they got a massive trade war at the time as well, and seriously strained their international relations. But back then, the US was a nobody nation and nobody cared about them, so going from "nobody" to "annoying joe shmoe" wasn't a problem. Now everybody watches carefully to see how the US rolls over even in its sleep, so every little thing they do on purpose has a huge rippling impact.

They're not only starting a trade war when nobody has won a trade war in over a century, but they're destroying a century of built up trust in the meantime, and economies are built on trust. Without trust, who the hell is willing to sign a deal that lasts more than a few months when the norm is to sign decade long deals?