Commerce Secretary Denies Jobs Coming ‘Back’ to America Will Just Be for Robots

President Donald Trump keeps talking about how his policies will supposedly bring manufacturing jobs to the United States. But Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, keeps accidentally admitting those jobs are going to be done by robots. Hard-working, patriotic robots. Lutnick was asked about his previous comments on CNBC Tuesday during an interview where the secretary tried to downplay the harm Trump’s tariffs are already causing. The commerce secretary tried to push back against people who were upset that he kept saying the jobs coming to the U.S. would be for robots. CNBC host Brian Sullivan pointed out that Lutnick was “taking a lot of guff” about his “robot comments.” “Will the robots take the jobs? I mean, it’s a serious question,” Sullivan said. Lutnick said that the factory being built behind them by TSMC would have plenty of jobs for workers. “We’re going to go look through this plant, and what you’re going to see is a highly automated plant that employs 3,000 people ... Read full article.