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You'll probably see factories that are already functional add a shift or get some new machines to invest domestic production. Wholly new production? I doubt it.
No, you really won't.
The workforce just doesn't fucking exist. Factory labor struggles to recruit as it is. Half the existing workforce is made up of immigrants, and that's a conservative estimate.
As the supply chain starts breaking down it won't matter anyway, because even with increased demand for American made products, the difficulty we'll face in basic maintenance because most of what is used is imported is going to become a massive bottleneck.
Not to mention Trump is also enacting anti-immigrant policies making it even less attractive for immigrants to come in and be part of the workforce that the ruling class desperately needs. This is why I've always been saying Trump doesn't understand capitalism/imperialism.
Whether intentional or not, we are heading for a re-proletarianization of the labour aristocracy
Good tbh, that's communist party time
This is, and has been, already happening, regardless of the tariffs. The biggest difference is that now local manufacturing will be able to raise prices on domestic goods because the overall competitive market price has gone up. Fun stuff!
The majority of Mattel's factories have been moved to Mexico and the US a while ago, a little bit before Trumps IIRC (the one that stayed were the one where local government gave tax incentive to stay because of the economical contributions). North American jobs are mostly office work which haven't really moved.