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Miles Archer

(21,498 posts)
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:47 PM Monday

Trump: "We're going to need the help of robots and other forms of, uhhh, I guess you could say employment..." USA! USA!

Trump, 79, Rants Incoherently About Robots and AI

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-rants-incoherently-about-robots-and-ai/

The 79-year-old commander-in-chief announced from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday that the Navy would build a new “Trump-class” battleship.

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“We’re going to need the help of robots and other forms of, uhhh, I guess you could say employment,” he said, shrugging. “We’re going to be employing a lot of artificial things.”

Flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the elderly president rambled, “We’re going to have a lot of robots helping us because we need it and because we’re going to town. We’re building a lot between the AI and the auto plants.”

“So, we’re going to need robots. We’re going to have robots, but that’s going to help us. We’re going to have tremendous workforce, and in order to operate the—You’re always going to need people,” said Trump, whose circuitous rants have prompted concerns about his cognitive health.



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Trump: "We're going to need the help of robots and other forms of, uhhh, I guess you could say employment..." USA! USA! (Original Post) Miles Archer Monday OP
Will need ' artificial things ' dweller Monday #1
He's really sold out his core supporters for his rich tech bro supporters newdeal2 Monday #2
"Losers and suckers" Trump's minions get tagged oasis Monday #3
His view of his white supporters is (Larry David voice here) "PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE" to the way he sees brown people Miles Archer Yesterday #4

newdeal2

(4,700 posts)
2. He's really sold out his core supporters for his rich tech bro supporters
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:35 PM
Monday

Imagine being a white MAGA man who thought getting rid of all the brown people would solve all your problems.

oasis

(53,309 posts)
3. "Losers and suckers" Trump's minions get tagged
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:53 PM
Monday

with the description Trump uses for America’s military.

Miles Archer

(21,498 posts)
4. His view of his white supporters is (Larry David voice here) "PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE" to the way he sees brown people
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:37 AM
Yesterday

Trump's known to have a non-existent level of "respect" for his voters.

Remember "I don't care about you, I just want your vote?"

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