re: Does “American made” resonate with you when making purchases?

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Often “American made” can simply mean “American assembled” and you’re buying stuff made from the same, cheap Chinese materials as stuff you can buy on Temu.

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Absolutely not. Made in America and American Made etc are the most stringent country of origin "stamp" the world. using those phrases and a few other variations when the product is not "all or virtually all" of US origin will have the FTC come down like a ton of bricks on a company. The qualified claims like you mentioned like "American Made from US and foreign parts" has to be present and clear anywhere that a claim of American Made is present. You have to also be careful of using US flags or "maps" of the US without clear qualifications near the image.

The FTC doesn't play when they are alerted I have seen them hammer F500 companies and Mom and Pops.

Oddly enough a company called "Made in America Inc." can sell fully foreign-made goods with impunity as long as they properly label the country of origin.