A savage AI-generated TikTok video mocking everyday Americans has gone viral — all thanks to Trump’s latest trade war.
With over 600K views, the sarcastic clip imagines a bleak U.S. future under Trump’s new tariffs, showing depressed Americans in sweatshops sewing clothes and building smartphones. It ends with a haunting twist on his slogan: “Make America Great Again.”
It began April 2, when Trump announced massive tariffs — some over 100% — on imports from countries like China, calling it “Liberation Day.” China quickly hit back, and the internet followed with memes, mockery, and side-eyes.
TikTok user @axiang67’s viral video has stirred laughs, cringes, and debates. Right-wing responses are split — some call it a return to real jobs, others say it’s straight out of Black Mirror. One meme shows a crying finance bro making socks under a giant Trump portrait: “Make the sock.”
Despite the memes, U.S. manufacturing remains strong. But critics warn Trump’s tariffs could raise prices, kill jobs, and hurt low-income Americans while billionaires profit.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent even suggested laid-off workers could find “joy” building widgets in new factories. Because nothing says American Dream™ like factory life.
The world is watching — and roasting — America’s “reindustrialization.” And if this is the future? At least your iPhone won’t say “Made in China.”