The media is really failing people here. Tariffs go *straight* to the price tag and the US government gets the money.  It's an unofficial sales tax.

I work for a company that sources electronic parts from overseas that just aren't manufactured in the US.  Once the ship leaves the port with those products, we own them.  That means we're the importer who pays the 25% tariff.  Sorry folks, but that extra 25% is added to the price you pay.

I understand that tariffs are designed to make domestic products more attractive, but it takes years and millions to build those factories.  With American labor, those products will be at least as expensive as the tariffed products if not more.