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6. If anything there's more migrant workers here who don't get paid than forced labor in Europe. Maybe China.

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:12 AM

22 hrs ago

But American businesses like the cheap labor. Remember Mitt Romney?

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Trump threatens tariffs on 60 trading partners including UK and Canada over 'forced labour' [View all] muriel_volestrangler 23 hrs ago OP

What an asshole. Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #1

I bet we import lots of goods made with forced labor. SamuelAdams 23 hrs ago #2

Maga merchandise? Walleye 22 hrs ago #3

Bingo! nt EarthFirst 22 hrs ago #4

now do the u.s. prison system. mopinko 22 hrs ago #5

DEI! DEI! Bayard 21 hrs ago #9

Isn't that the purpose of the private prison system, like GEO? travelingthrulife 22 hrs ago #8

Didn't SCOTUS already tell him only Congress can levy these? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 18 hrs ago #10

The "forced labor" claim is his attempt to get around that. Karasu 16 hrs ago #11