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there are so many second order effects here who knows. for example (and im not saying this will always be the case) if a tariff pushes a foreign company's good out of the us marketplace and the customer is "forced" to pay 2x for something domestically manufactured that lasts 4x as long, did the american "pay for it"? how would this look in bulk economic data (spoiler it would look bad because consumption went down)

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In this case, the economic data would indicate rising inflation. The quality of the goods purchased is mostly irrelevant, but it's quite an assumption to assume the good will last longer.

> and im not saying this will always be the case

Where did the raw materials for this 'american' product come from?

Most raw materials can be found in the US.

If those materials weren't already advantageous to obtain domestically, this points to inevitable price increases.

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