> would actually go through with the tariffs because it's an insane plan and that wiser people in the administration would restrain Trump.

What is insane is to assume republicans picked by Trump will restrain Trump. The adults in the room theory was disproven long before that election.

Trump 1.0 had tarriffs. Trump talked abput tarrifs. People in fact assumed Trump will do tarriffs, they just slightly underestimated how bad the trade war will be.