Viral AI video mocks idea of Americans working in factories

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An AI-generated video mocking the prospect of Americans working factory jobs has been viewed over 6 million times in the wake of President Trump’s tariff agenda. NY Post writer Brian Faas shares this story.

The video — aimed at undermining the Trump administration’s promise to create US manufacturing jobs using tariffs — depicts depressed-looking, larger-bodied “Americans” working in sweatshop-like environments set to a twangy score of traditional Chinese music.

The US workers are depicted as obese, middle-aged and dull-witted as they sit, twiddling at sewing machines, in the video shared by TikTok user Ben Lau, who captioned the AI clip “Make America great again #tariff #america.”

Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/ai-video-mocks-idea-of-americans-working-in-factories-as-trumps-tariffs-promise-to-restore-manufacturing/

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