On a quick drive around the small Ohio town of Delta, you can find almost as many Trump flags as American star and striped banners.

At a gas station near the Ohio toll road, the pump brought the relics of the last administration, with a slogan slamming Trump’s predecessor: “Whoever votes for Biden owes me gas money!”

It’s Trump National – Republican tickets are easily won in the November presidential election, almost one-on-one. Although Trump announced widespread global tariffs this week, markets are in turmoil, many in the Delta and hundreds of Midwest towns still support the president’s plan.

These plans impose 10% to 50% tariffs in almost every country, all subverting global trade and warn that prices for U.S. consumers may soon rise. Meanwhile, Trump said the move would address unfair trade imbalances, promote U.S. industries and increase revenue.

For some in the Delta, the president’s argument about fairness resonates.

“I don’t want people in other countries to suffer, I really don’t,” said Mary Miller, manager of Delta Candy Emporium, located in the middle of the village’s street. “But we need to have a uniform playing field.”

Miller, a three-term voter for Trump, believes other countries are not fair in trade. Like many people here, she prefers to buy American-made items.

As she looked at her stock of multi-colored candy, many of which were made in the U.S. and weighed how they were affected by fresh import taxes, she recalled decades ago when she heard that one of her favorite brands was moving its factories abroad. She never bought Levith’s jeans since then.

Miller is not troubled by the possibility of rising prices, and many economists say these new tariffs will bring.

“Sometimes you have to go through the fire to get to the other side,” she said.

“If tariffs bring companies and businesses back to hard-working Americans, like those who live here, it’s worth it.”

These emotions are common in Delta, a village of about 3,300 people, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Detroit, even if other Midwest towns suffer a sharp shock.

The automotive industry with complex global supply chains seems particularly vulnerable to major new tariffs, with companies in Michigan and Indiana already announcing factory closures and layoffs.

But in the suburbs of the Delta, there has been a bunch of steel businesses here since the 1990s and can better place it in a new era of American protectionism.

One of these businesses, Polaris Blues, urges Trump to expand tariffs on steel and aluminum.

However, at the same time, it requires exemptions for the required raw materials, such as scrap metal.

Instead of responding to the interview request, North Star Bluescope instead ate a beer together in the back room of the nearby barn restaurant.

When asked about the brand new tariffs announced by Trump at the White House on Wednesday, the workers asked not to be named.

It’s clear that this economic news is unlikely to ruin their weekend.

Outside the restaurant, some Delta locals see the possibility of these import taxes.

“No one is crazy. We won’t lose any sleep for that,” said Gene Burkholder.

Despite his owning some stocks, Mr. Burkhold said they were long-term investments and he was not obsessed with a sharp decline within two days of the president’s announcement.

“If you have some spare cash, maybe it’s a good time to buy some stocks when it’s cheap,” he said.

While Louise Gilson was having breakfast with his son Rob, several stalls quietly said that she didn’t really trust the president.

But Gilson and many people here say she wants to see the action. When another restaurant commented, “Trump might be wrong, but at least she agreed with all her heart when he was working hard.”

She said when referring to the Democratic Party: “Other people won’t squat down.”

Gilsons agrees that local large industrial employers are often good neighbors, contributing to the local economy, charities and the wider community, although they see some less desirable impacts of industrial development and are concerned about unequal sharing among the economic factions.

When they tell Delta’s history, they describe their view of the gradual erosion of quality of life, they argue that even economists say Trump’s tariff plan carries distinct risks, it makes many people willing to roll dice.

“It was a small town that grew up,” Rob Gilson recalled. But he said it seems safer and more friendly now than when he grew up in the 60s and 70s.

“It seems that the heart of America has disappeared,” he said.

Louise Gilson added: “It’s where 25 or 30 percent of people are struggling with the devil. ”

While these issues have nothing to do with tariffs, the challenges faced by people in towns like Delta may explain why many are willing to raise questions to President Trump even if the markets in the market are trapped in faraway Wall Street.