Summary
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted on CBS’s Face the Nation that US workers won’t reclaim traditional manufacturing jobs under Trump’s tariff-heavy strategy.
While promising “trillions” in new investment, he confirmed that new factories would be automated. Lutnick touted support roles like mechanics and HVAC technicians instead.
Critics cite the tariff policy inconsistency and rising consumer costs.
Market reactions have been severe, with steep losses and fears of trade wars as China and others prepare retaliatory tariffs.
“enslaved in factories”
Factories and similar jobs are the first ones that got unionized and work conditions ended up being the best that someone could expect without higher educations. That’s what people lost with globalization and what they think they’ll get back, but without unions that won’t happen.