r/MurderedByWords • u/Nigel_Hunter • 1d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/SchnaapsIdee 1d ago

The Commerce secretary was on CNBC yesterday am talking about how the tariffs will bring back manufacturing jobs to US. Then a few seconds later was talking about having Apple (and other companies) make their products in the US using robotics. So very few actual American humans getting jobs.

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u/Suspicious_Bicycle 1d ago

There are also categories of things that can't be produced in the US. Coffee, avocados, diamonds etc. I haven't heard Krasnov explain how they are going to move the diamond mines from Lesotho back to the USA. :)

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u/Von_Moistus 1d ago

“We need to invade liberate Lesotho!”

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u/UnitSad4828 1d ago

Don't forget the part where they or the Europeans will pay for it.

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u/Hinin 1d ago

you can grow diamond in a lab, so you can make them anywhere.

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u/ThePublikon 1d ago

not blood diamonds. I want everyone to know people suffered for the rocks that I got.

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u/Parrelium 1d ago

And if they want mined ones, annexing Canada will solve that issue.

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u/Redthemagnificent 18h ago

Rare earth minerals too. China controls something like 90% of global supply. Even if you "bring all the manufacturing back" US would need to import ridiculous amounts of raw materials (which are heavier and more expensive to ship than parts or finished products).

This whole strategy is monumentally dumb

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u/firestepper 1d ago

San Diego used to be the biggest supplier of avocados before NAFTA so we might still have those. Prices will surely go up tho

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u/panda5303 1d ago

Avocados are grown in CA & Mexico. Tequila (Mexico), Champagne (France), and Scotch Whisky (Scotland) are not produced in the US. New Years Eve 2025 is going to suck.