He also falsely claimed - and his supporters, as is typical, accepted those claims - that other countries would eat that cost.
They voted for tariffs. They were willfully ignorant on their being a tax.
Not on the channels they watch.
There's an entire separate Fox News Cinematic Universe safe space you can immerse yourself in exclusively.
Even when they bring on a sacrificial lib to yell at, humans in general are phenomenal at ignoring or explaining away clear evidence their strongly held beliefs are wrong.
That's the only leverage Congress has over the president.
Republicans control Congress and the presidency, so there's nobody else to blame here.
Those who were not paying attention last time shouldn't have been allowed to vote this time, but... That Would be Bad, mmmkay.