Is Trump really wanting a trade war with his trading countries, or is it a distraction to get peoples focus off the Mueller investigation?

This will hurt the US as much as the countries this idiot wants to punish.
As retaliation from the tariffs he slapped on China.
China just put a huge tariff on Soy beans, China imports 40% of it’s Soy beans from the US, the rest they get from Brazil.
China just asked Brazil if they could supply 100% of the Soy Beans.
Think that might hurt US farmers if Brazil can supply the 100%?
And that was just one example.