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Miles Archer

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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! [View all]

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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