The Americans backing Trump's tariff planpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 4 June
Mike Wendling
Reporting from Chicago

Ohio resident Gene Burkholder is one of many in America's rust belt who back President Trump's tariff plans
Talk of markets and international trade can sometimes seem a little abstract when you talk to people in America’s “rust belt” – the large swathe of the Midwestern US which is home to thousands of manufacturing businesses.
For many here, logic is simple – free trade agreements sent secure good-paying jobs overseas, and the resulting impact on communities has been nothing short of disastrous.
The economic reality is a little more complicated, but keep that argument in mind when you wonder why many Americans back a plan that might cost them lots of money in the form of higher prices.
Earlier this year, I visited the town of Delta, Ohio, which is home to a relatively new steel plant. Virtually everyone I spoke to in Delta felt uncertainty about the economy and even those who disliked the president were willing to roll the dice on tariffs.
Most were unworried about higher prices - they'd already gone through a period of high inflation, they argued, so how much worse could it get?
I heard some of the same themes last month in western New York state – a rust belt region far from the financial powerhouse that is New York City.
Union leaders and business boosters told me they sorely need higher-paying jobs. There’s no guarantee that tariffs will bring those jobs back, but many Americans think it’s a risk worth taking.