China mocks Trump's tariffs with AI video of US sweatshop workers: 'Make America Great Again'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 09 April 2025 16:24 BST


An AI-generated video mocking downcast American workers in a post-tariffs world has been circulating on Chinese and U.S. social media. The video shows overweight employees in a textiles factory, appearing exhausted and depressed as they stitch clothing on sewing machines.

Depicting the type of clothing manufacturing jobs that have been outsourced overseas in the past decades, the 32-second clip paints a dystopian picture of what the U.S. working world might look like as a result of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. As the clip fades out with traditional Chinese music playing in the background, the president’s ‘Make America Great Again’ campaign slogan pops up on the screen. The origin of the clip is not clear but it was published on Chinese TikTok accounts.

Viewed millions of times on social media already, the video comes as Trump’s global trade war continues to escalate. On Wednesday China announced it was raising retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods to 84 percent, hours after Trump imposed 104 percent levies on Chinese imports.

The Chinese foreign ministry has vowed its country would “fight till the end” and has accused America of “typical unilateralism and protectionist economic bullying”.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ai-video-trump-tariffs-china-tiktok-b2730130.html

[msongs]

1. and most of the workers shown are to put it kindly, portly nt

[Prairie Gates]

2. The ones too fat to sit at the sewing machines is ooooof

[BumRushDaShow]

4. They are all "AI generated".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Here it is

Enjoy while thinking how some tRump advisers say manufacturing will make men more manly and note the guy sewing brassieres.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Thanks!

Didn't get chance to dig around to see if it was on YouTube.

[Harker]

3. He's certainly making America grate again. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Yeah, grate our teeth again. . . . nt

[BootinUp]

5. Trump is fostering peace. Nt

[madville]

6. I personally prefer my

Textiles to be made as the lord intended, by a 12 year old Chinese/Indonesian/Indian/Pakistani boy or girl making $3 for a full shift at the sweatshop.

As a country we are certainly addicted to cheap overseas imports, We don’t need to manufacture most of that junk, we need to learn to do without most of it entirely.