and they will if we tax their stuff?? So I hope a lot of people could be ready for a trade war.
Your missing the point. They ARE taxing our stuff, and we ARE already in the midst of a trade war....its just that we're the only one's not actually fighting back. If nothing else, the threat of using our own tariffs can be leverage to get others...like the Chinese and yes, the Japanese...to lower their own tariffs against our products.
Further, advancing our own energy sectors by employing some tariffs actually pushes us towards energy independence...and while its true that does not create a lot of "manufacturing" jobs, it does create a lot of jobs in the "production" sector. Very similar in many ways as an employment opportunity for blue collar workers. Perhaps if we got smart and built some new refineries, we can ALSO create a nice chunk of manufacturing jobs as well.