I guess that makes sense.

Sure, but that’s not relevant. Unless you’re suggesting that people buying a train is a better idea than buying a Tesla.

Hint: None of those companies make electric vehicles.

I can’t believe some people think that putting tariffs on a country means the country will just give the government 25% of everything and the merchants of that country are not just going to raise the prices to match the new expenses(or maybe even a little bit more since they have a good excuse to change prices)

I’m not sure anyone believes that. The point of tariffs is that merchants will have to increase prices to keep the same profit, causing people to purchase less of the product and look for cheaper alternatives (those without tariffs).