Yes, that is what I think people want and are being led to believe is the type of "MAGA" manufacturing that is coming back. I hope your friend is able to sustain his business! Most of those components could be made here but we're still mostly forced to buy components like those power supplies and heating elements from overseas to keep the out-the-door price reasonable and still clear a reasonable profit. I am in the process of starting a similar business but for American made driveway gate openers for all of the A21 house renovations that use lightweight gates. Even though some of the components are made here (by my very own hands) I still have to source power supplies and other PCB components, actuators and other parts from China to keep the prices reasonable. American businesses that make PCBs and actuators won't even talk to me unless I have an order for 500 pieces ready, and at twice the price of the Chinese versions. Like your friend, finding too many dud parts in a shipment is a problem and it's not worth "returning" them because of shipping costs and questionable dispute resolutions. This is the sort of stuff that a Wilbur Ross or the other people Trump has surrounded himself with don't understand or don't care about.
Unfortunately, my extensive research leads me to believe that manufacturing will, in actuality, be a role reversal of the US/China relationship of the last 20+ years, with Americans standing in huge factories making things for export to China under the watchful eye of the compassionate Chinese corporation that owns the factory. Have you ordered your Varidesk yet? That's a conditioning tool for getting people used to standing for long periods as our "paper pushing desk jobs" disappear and factory work re-emerges.
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