r/MurderedByWords 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/jokikinen 1d ago

Trump wants them for his voters—or wants his voters to vote for him because he promises the jobs.

The actual few controversial economists behind Trump want manufacturing back so that in event of war with China, USA can match or outmatch Chinese production.