How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

I hope the elites of US are not thinking about moving shoe-making back to the US because it doesn't make sense.

I'm sure (I hope, actually) that some policymakers, or some researchers, have done some conclusive researches about -- give X years into the future, and let's see we do not want to disrupt the current social-economic reality too much (no revolution, no major wealth re-distribution, no world wars, etc.), which industries can we bring back, and into which state, and sell its products into which countries, realistically.

The opinions of "elites" simply don't matter. There's only one guy who matters when it comes to policy now. And he's not known for his thinking abilities

If the elites don't disagree with him I'd say they probably "in average" agree with him. Trump is just one man.

It doesn't make financial sense when the tax policy of the US is to tax domestic companies that produce things but not foreign companies that produce things and benefit from selling them in the US market.

We don't need to do research to decide what makes "sense". The market will figure out what makes financial sense themselves. The only thing we need to know is what the tax rate for foreign producers should be so that domestic companies are not the only ones shouldering the federal tax burden.

You don't actually think he's making these decisions himself do you? He has advisors for these things.

Yes, his advisor, ChatGPT, account name donjr3@yahoo.com.

No, he doesn't have advisors. He has a cabinet of sycophants who parrot his every flip-flop. His "advisors" have made it clear several times now that they have no idea what the plans are until they're announced on Truth social.

Depends what you mean by "elite". Obviously a ton of people disagree with him. I'm just saying, that doesn't matter. There's not a single Republican in government that's willing to publicly contradict Trump on anything.