{"id":1051889,"date":"2025-03-06T17:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051889"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:09:41","slug":"trumps-commerce-secretary-prices-are-going-to-rise-and-robots-will-be-doing-american-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-commerce-secretary-prices-are-going-to-rise-and-robots-will-be-doing-american-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Commerce Secretary: Prices Are \u201cGoing to Rise\u201d \u2013 And Robots Will Be Doing American Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NEW: Donald Trump\u2019s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admits some prices are \u201cgoing to rise\u201d under their policies \u2014 but it\u2019s okay because \u201crobots\u201d are going to do American jobs anyway.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard Lutnick<\/a>: \u201cI think if you want to buy things from other countries and you want to bring it into America, then the price is going to rise. \u2026 Why don\u2019t they make it here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl Quintanilla: \u201cOne answer, Mr. Secretary, is that wages are lower over there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutnick: \u201cAnd now there are robots who can do it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lutnick has already screwed over American workers by helping companies ship manufacturing jobs to Mexico. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cOn the campaign trail with Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick railed against policies that encouraged factories and jobs to move to Mexico. But at the same time, the president\u2019s eventual nominee for commerce secretary runs a commercial real estate firm that has been pitching the virtues of Mexican manufacturing to American companies.<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe is executive chairman of Newmark Group<\/strong>, a publicly traded commercial real estate firm, which has touted multiple industrial sites for sale and rent in Mexico, sometimes pitching them as a way for companies to avoid Chinese tariffs and tap into cheap labor.<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Washington Post identified four instances of properties for rent or purchase just across the Mexico border on Newmark\u2019s website since March.<\/strong> In addition to the Puerto Verde complex, other listings played up proximity to the United States, appealing directly to manufacturers who were looking to cut costs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: During his first term, Trump created incentives for companies to ship jobs overseas and gave the ultra-wealthy massive handouts at the expense of working families, and Lutnick is prepared to help him do it all again. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cTrump Tax Cuts Helped Billionaires Pay Less Taxes Than The Working Class In 2018\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cFor the first time in history, U.S. billionaires paid a lower tax rate than the working class last year\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump will have the worst jobs record in modern U.S. history. It\u2019s not just the pandemic.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cThe Offshoring of U.S. Jobs Increased on Trump\u2019s Watch\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump promised \u2018America First\u2019 would keep jobs here. But the tax plan might push them overseas.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>: When Trump left office, there were over 170,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than when he started.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump told GM workers he could save their plant, but it\u2019s gone for good\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit News<\/a>: \u201cFord Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley warned that if President Donald Trump repeals provisions of the Biden administration\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act<\/strong> like the electric vehicle battery production tax credits, the company could have to look at layoffs.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW: Donald Trump\u2019s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admits some prices are \u201cgoing to rise\u201d under their policies \u2014 but it\u2019s okay because \u201crobots\u201d are going to do American jobs anyway. 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