“Real Time” host Bill Maher tore into President Donald Trump on Friday for the “testosterone-drenched delusion” that tariffs will revive American manufacturing facility jobs, however spent a lot of his monologue suggesting that the one purpose this received’t work is due to Gen Z’s supposed laziness.
“Now that the Trump administration has determined that America pays any value and bear any burden to carry again manufacturing facility jobs, they need to reply one query: who’s going to take them?” Maher said Friday on his show.
“Who precisely is meant to do all this monotonous, low-paying labor? Immigrants? They’re all deported,” he continued. “It’ll most likely be robots if we’re not utilizing all of them for intercourse slaves. However I’ll inform you who’s undoubtedly not doing it — Gen Z.”
In opposition to a backdrop of black and white pictures of American manufacturing facility employees, Maher argued that “these children” right now can’t even “deal with a gig on the Cheesecake Manufacturing unit.” He then slammed Gen Z for his or her purported lack of social abilities and want for emotional support animals.
Maher was stunned by the Trump administration’s perception that it might probably restore America to a flourishing hub of manufacturing — which Trump claims his steep international tariffs will achieve — and returned up to now all through his monologue.
“Trump and his MAGA crowd has this testosterone-drenched delusion that America will solely return to its glory days when males, actual males, burly brawny manly males — return to work in pink brick factories and have cigarettes for lunch on high of skyscrapers,” stated Maher.
“I do know the Trump crowd imagines a gleaming new manufacturing facility created by excessive tariffs and thinks should you construct it, they’ll come,” he added. “They received’t — they’re enjoying Minecraft. They’re not saying ‘can do,’ they’re saying, ‘can’t even.’”
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Tens of millions of newfound adults attended highschool or school nearly because of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonetheless, which studies show deeply affected the mental health and resulting social skills of a lot of the era that Maher was lambasting.
“Do you know that America has 7 million males within the prime of their life who’re neither working nor on the lookout for work?” Maher requested, claiming the one abilities these “deadbeat folks” have is “in some way getting by on both incapacity” or “cash from their mother and father.”
