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you confuse products with consumables. Doesn't matter if Trump wants to build stuff in the USA when the materials needed to build/produce those items have to come from other places.
Example, The US can only produce about 25% of the aluminum that it needs. So if the good old USA keeps pissing off the rest of the world, slowly the world will start choking off the supply of goods the US needs. Another example is rare earth metals which are critical in many military applications and equipment. 90% of the world supply is in China.All they need to do is cut off that supply and quickly the rest of the world's militaries including China and Russia can close the gap on the US in terms of military strength.
HIstory has shown bullies, like Germany and Japan during WWII that when supplies )in that case OIL) gets cut off, the mighty military gets bogged down and doesn't work well.
The US economy needs to be producers in order to be successful and create jobs. If you don't have material, you can't produce and then your people suffer without jobs.