Summary
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted on CBS’s Face the Nation that US workers won’t reclaim traditional manufacturing jobs under Trump’s tariff-heavy strategy.
While promising “trillions” in new investment, he confirmed that new factories would be automated. Lutnick touted support roles like mechanics and HVAC technicians instead.
Critics cite the tariff policy inconsistency and rising consumer costs.
Market reactions have been severe, with steep losses and fears of trade wars as China and others prepare retaliatory tariffs.
As if the countries getting tariff’d don’t know anything about automating factory work. It’s almost as dumb as when we thought nobody else could come up with competitive AI models and the market crashed when DeepSeek was released.
Workers are getting fucked with more inflation so a handful of billionaires get significant tax breaks. There is no secondary objective.