In response to the recent pricing policies of President Donald Trump, Chinese social media users have created memes and videos generated by IA-SATIRIANT the potential impact on American manufacturing. A notable video depicts Trump and Elon Musk working on a production line of Nike sneakers, highlighting concerns about the increase in manufacturing costs due to prices. Another depicts Vice-President JD Vance assembling an iPhone, further emphasizing the planned increase in consumer prices.
In the videos, Trump and Musk sit side by side with blue combinations and working on Nike shoes, while Vice-President JD Vance brings together an iPhone, a sporting denim and a red hat missing in a visible manner his letters Maga.
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This video generated by AI has become viral on social networks, depicting scenes of Americans working hard in factories. He imagines what the United States could look like under the so-called “reindustrialization”. pic.twitter.com/norpz2yr1k
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These satirical messages, amplified by the Chinese media and government representatives, make fun of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, illustrating the possible consequences of his trade policies. They suggest that prices can lead to higher prices for goods produced at the national level or imported under the new rate rate of 125%.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning criticized the American prices, declaring: “We are Chinese. We are not afraid of provocations. We do not retreat.”
Videos and memes of lagging fishing have been widely shared, amassing millions of views on Tiktok, X and other platforms.
Meanwhile, Chinese Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao, told the head of the World Trade Organization that American prices “will inflict serious damage to poor countries, according to a statement from the ministry published on Saturday.
“These American” reciprocal prices “will inflict serious prejudices on developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, and could even trigger a humanitarian crisis,” Wang chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Friday.
“The United States has continuously introduced tariff measures, bringing enormous uncertainty and instability to the world, causing chaos both internationally and nationally in the United States,” added Wang.
Beijing said on Friday that its 125% tariffs on American goods would take effect on Saturday – almost corresponding to the narcotics of 145% imposed by Washington on Chinese products entering the United States.
But China said it would ignore any American sample by US President Donald Trump because Beijing said, he no longer has an economic sense for importers to buy in America. China has also said it would take legal action from the WTO on the last series of samples.
