I agree, they don't "love" tariffs, but many are so uneducated about economics that they will publicly state things like "import tariffs are better for the economy than income taxes."
they don't. The Ayn Rand thing is a bad call. This is the work of chaos worshippers of a circus clown.
It's not hard to find out that many individuals in the current administration -- and the thinkers they praise -- are fans of Rand. In particular, they are fans of her novel, Atlas Shrugged. Many of the terms these individuals use, like "moochers" and "looters," come straight off the pages of Atlas Shrugged. Even the president, who by all accounts almost never reads anything, says it's his favorite book. Am I exaggerating Rand's influence? Perhaps, but not by a lot. All it takes to verify my claim is a few web searches.
sure they're fans, but they certainly are not in any way acting like libertarians. Libertarians are live and let live, leave my property alone, personal rights, we'll settle this in court, people are equal; that's not what the MAGA movement is. These MAGAs want women's right taken away, free press jailed, LGBTQ people punished and declared insane, and on and on. It's a christofascist movement at it's core, and they only want one voice in the room, theirs.
Though experience has shown me that plenty of people love Ayn Rand not because they love the ideology, but because they're a bit selfish and support policies that remove barriers to their personal success rather than those which they feel are best collectively. So in that sense, ideological consistency is not mandatory.