Let tens of millions of Americans work in factories to assemble Apple iPhones? Trump really brought blessings, the Secretary of Commerce spoke nonsense... Trump promised to bring manufacturing back to America and save the Rust Belt. Now, with the tariff war, Trump's officials have started painting big pictures again. During a TV interview, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick publicly stated that tens of millions of American workers would be employed in factories to assemble Apple phones. In fact, during this interview, Lutnick believed that restoring American manufacturing is divided into two parts. At first, he said that the new tariff policy would help rebuild numerous factories, all automated ones, but the reporter followed up by saying these are robotic jobs. Lutnick explained that maintaining robotic factories also requires a large number of American workers, which will create many job opportunities. And he said tens of millions of Americans should work in factories to assemble Apple phones because it benefits American workers. He concluded by saying: "Remember, having tens of millions of Americans work in factories to assemble Apple phones benefits them; thus, we will cultivate engineers, electricians, HVAC experts, only then can we transition to robotic factories, and these talents are the foundation for supporting robotic factories." From Lutnick's and the entire Trump administration's performance, one core indicator of their policies is "learning from China," especially on the path of developing manufacturing, which is essentially plagiarism. Lutnick's vision of millions of workers assembling products to robotic dark factories is exactly the path China has taken over the past few decades in its rise in manufacturing. According to statistics, currently, most dark factories are in China, and this is the basis for China's dominance in global manufacturing. However, Trump's two biggest problems in replicating China's manufacturing path are: first, there isn't enough time; second, Americans lack the necessary qualities. The time span for China's manufacturing rise is at least 20 years, and Trump might not even live through his four-year term. Moreover, Chinese workers' qualities such as hardworking, dexterous, disciplined, and humble learning are far beyond what today's Americans possess. Today's American rednecks and white liberals are notorious for being cunning, lazy, greedy, clumsy, decadent, scattered, arrogant, and self-centered. These people working in factories to tighten screws is just wishful thinking...
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