It's clear now: the tariffs are a diversion.

Pay very close attention to the undercurrent news stories; Elon Musk's control of payment systems at Treasury (which as a user stated, coincidentally collects tariffs), nominations issues, federal worker intimidation, etc..

That's ALL these tariffs are, because they make no logical sense otherwise. That's why he's doing them so early into his term. There's something very nefarious afoot.