My close friend is opening a gym, part of this includes purchasing these thick rubber mats from Chinese suppliers. The new tariffs made it unprofitable when buying from china. His equipment supplier is currently negotiating with a US supplier. My friend is fine with waiting a few weeks.

I think you mean horse stall mats, which you can find at Tractor Supply, etc. 4’ x 6’ x 3/4” vulcanized rubber:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-...

The ones I have (I used a few in my home gym) were made in Canada. I’m surprised any of these come from China.

The American middle class is being kept alive with cheap Chinese goods. The entire US economy is based on consumer spending so when prices go up it will hurt.

That is a horrible justification for continuing to outsource American middle class jobs to China.

Cheap trinkets are not worth the loss of jobs. That idea is an economy-killer and is the long-term death of the nation.

Good job citing 0.0001% of the negative effect Trump's tax cuts had, while ignoring the 99.9999% positive net effect.