President Donald Trump has opened a multifront trade war with every jurisdiction on Earth (including some uninhabited islands). So, perhaps it was inevitable that he would start demanding wartime sacrifices from his fellow patriots. Other countries have done so already. Chinese officials, for instance, suggest they have the upper hand given their populace’s willingness to endure hardship for the greater good. (The expression is “chi ku,” which means “to eat bitterness.”)

But it’s not clear Americans, who can actually kick their leaders out of office, have quite the same stomach for it.

Trump says America is being invaded — by both foreign workers and foreign-made goods. To counter such grave threats, he has invoked special emergency and wartime powers granted by Congress, even though Congress has not declared war and appears at least skeptical that there really is an emergency.

Trump has nonetheless decided to exploit every tool at his disposal, however legally tenuous. That includes invoking an 18th-century law known as the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants he claims without evidence to be part of an “invasion.” (A Trump-appointed judge has since blocked his use of the law, at least in southern Texas.) He’s also making virtually all goods Americans buy pricier through tariffs levied under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 or the national security provisions of a separate 1962 trade law.

You might not have realized it — that’s how sneaky America’s enemies are! — but inexpensive Guatemalan bananas and Chinese mittens deeply threaten Americans’ safety. Same with paying too little for lumber, steel, ceiling fans and almost every other input required to build new homes, even though Americans desperately need housing.

At times, Trump has denied his tariffs would raise prices in the United States, insisting instead that countries such as China would “eat” the import taxes instead. More recently, he has acknowledged that, yes, your common household purchases could get more expensive, but that’s just a sacrifice he’s willing to make. Americans have too much stuff anyway. In this time of crisis, his subjects must tighten their belts.

Or pare down their Barbie collections, as it were.

At last week’s Cabinet meeting, while reflecting on warnings about higher prices and empty shelves, Trump went full Scrooge. “Maybe children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” scolded the guy with the gold-plated jet. “And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” (Mattel, the maker of Barbie, has since announced price hikes for its toys.) Offered a chance to clarify, the president doubled down during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” over the weekend. “We don’t have to waste money on a trade deficit with China for things we don’t need, for junk that we don’t need,” decreed our newfound ascetic in chief.

Trump also dismissed concerns about rising prices for baby strollers, which presumably matter to anyone out there working toward one of the president’s proposed motherhood medals.

Families must also make do with pricier produce and other perishables, which might be among the earliest goods to become more expensive because of tariffs. That’s because companies could not easily stock up on fruits and vegetables the way they could accumulate pre-tariff inventory for more durable goods, such as appliances and furniture. Perhaps it is only a matter of time before Trump promotes World War II-style victory gardens.

In fact, elsewhere his administration has already promoted a return to subsistence farming. But not all goods anticipated to show price increases and/or shortages are easily DIY-able. Per Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok, the products likely to get pricier soonest are the just-in-time goods that are usually restocked with shorter lead times (some consumer electronics and auto parts, for example); goods that consumers can’t easily cut back on (diapers, medical devices); and products with few domestic substitutes (apparel, umbrellas).

Slok also notes that while there’s been a lot of chatter about how tariffs will affect the Christmas season many months away, a much closer holiday — July 4 — might also disappoint. That’s because 90% of U.S. fireworks are imported, almost entirely from China.

But, hey, these times call for self-sacrifice. Unless you’re planning a military-themed birthday parade or adding a new gilded ballroom to the White House, of course. Who cares if the people cannot afford fresh eggs? Let them eat Fabergé ones instead.

On Sunday evening, Trump announced even more tariffs: a 100% tax on films made outside of America, also in the name of safeguarding “National Security.” Why do we need yet another global trade war, over foreign movies and TV? Unclear. Maybe he thinks anime and “The Great British Baking Show” are making American men too soft. It’s also unclear how tariffs could practically be levied on imported digital entertainment, as they are not physical goods crossing a physical border. Trump’s loyal soldiers are trying nonetheless.

During the campaign, Trump promised he would make Americans richer. Perhaps he meant not in material wealth (or constitutional rights, for that matter). When it comes to chaos and crises, he has certainly delivered an embarrassment of riches.

Email: crampell@washpost.com.