China Tries to Troll Trump with AI Videos, Accidentally Expose Themselves to the World [WATCH]

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 125 percent tariff on Chinese imports, the Chinese Communist Party has launched a wave of AI-generated propaganda videos portraying Americans in unflattering and demeaning ways, according to multiple reports.

The videos, produced using artificial intelligence, depict overweight American workers assembling products like Nike shoes while lounging in sweatshop-like settings.

The portrayals show the fictional workers eating junk food and drinking soda as they operate under factory conditions more commonly associated with low-wage labor environments in China.

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In an apparent effort to mock the U.S., the videos feature slogans such as “Make America Strong Again” and “Make America Rich Again,” with the latter shown above crumbling images of major American companies, including Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, and Nike.

One video includes a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 song Proud Mary, focusing on lyrics referencing economic hardship and resilience: “You don’t have to worry if you have no money, the people on the river are happy to give. Big wheel keep on turnin’, proud Mary keep on burnin’. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river.”

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Several videos even depict public figures such as President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk portrayed as working in Chinese-style sweatshops.

⚡🇺🇸🇨🇳: The Chinese are using AI to mock Trump’s vision of bringing manufacturing back to America and employing young Americans,

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The videos appear to invert real-life labor conditions, as China itself has faced global criticism over its labor practices, particularly in regions like Xinjiang, where forced labor allegations have been widely reported.

The AI-generated content was first circulated online by a now-deleted Instagram account with the handle @Jumbo-AI, according to the Daily Mail.

The videos began surfacing shortly after the White House announced its latest shift in trade strategy.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration paused tariff hikes for dozens of U.S. allies and trade partners but imposed a sweeping 125 percent tariff specifically targeting Chinese goods.

The decision caused initial volatility in the stock market, followed by a surge in investor confidence.

Stocks rebounded strongly after the move was interpreted as a focused escalation against China rather than a blanket protectionist measure.

“This wasn’t retreat. It was redirection. The president pulled off a flash launch, turning a tariff-induced selloff into a strategic masterstroke,” Breitbart News columnist John Carney wrote following the market reaction.

The Chinese government’s decision to mock American workers using AI-generated content marks another entry in a series of state-sponsored propaganda efforts that have backfired or revealed deeper truths about China’s own practices.

The sweatshop conditions depicted in the videos resemble those found in Chinese labor sectors, particularly in factories located in regions such as Xinjiang.

China released an AI generated propoganda video that attempts to dissuade wanting American manufacturing by comparing those future factories to Chinese sweatshops. pic.twitter.com/7UvdkeRVAZ

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Last year, the Chinese state-run outlet Xinhua News openly promoted factory labor in Xinjiang as a model for future growth in the “Made in China” initiative.

The outlet boasted that “large-scale labor-intensive industries” were thriving in the region due to the influx of Uyghur workers.

International human rights groups have repeatedly accused China of using forced labor in Xinjiang, which the Chinese government denies.

The AI campaign appears to be an attempt to discredit President Trump’s trade policy and deflect criticism from China’s own labor record.

While the original source account has since been taken down, the videos continue to circulate across various platforms.

The Trump administration has not yet issued an official response to the Chinese propaganda videos.

However, White House sources have indicated the administration will continue pressing forward with its trade agenda, which prioritizes American manufacturing and addresses unfair practices in international commerce.

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