"The tariffs might have been a missile aimed at Beijing, but the missile landed on Detroit."
Part of the reason China got so far ahead of us with automobile manufacturing was to allow US automakers to come to China.
But Americans and Europeans had to build factories in China.
If you get on the wrong train, get off at the first station.
The longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be.
Not necessarily a lesson in American politics, but….