Chinese social media users have turned the trade war into a meme war, complete with AI-generated art

An AI-generated meme of Donald Trump and JD Vance sewing red hats in a factory.

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• Memes that mock Americans over Trump's tariffs have taken over Chinese social media.
• AI generated videos feature Trump and tech workers on the iPhone assembly line or sewing clothes.
• Scott Bessent said that "excess labor" in the federal government could be labor for manufacturing.

A finance bro in a Patagonia vest sobbing as he sews a sock. Batman and Spiderman assembling tech products.