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The number of powerful economic nationalists in US history can be counted - if the US is lucky - on one hand.

Assuming that the goal is saving the American industry (whatever that means) - if the plan is 'good people will save it' then failure is already baked in. That plan never works. The plan should be 'whoever saves it will become fabulously and disgustingly wealthy' - then greedy opportunists will save it for you and people can go protest about how greedy they are.

Relying on good people to act is dicey. Relying on greedy people to act is a safe path.