Once again, the ignorance coming out of the White House is mind-blowing. The idea that the U.S. could just start manufacturing iPhones domestically—as if it's as easy as flipping a switch—shows a complete lack of understanding of how global tech production actually works.
Let’s talk facts.
In 2014, China produced over 1.77 billion phones, accounting for more than 70% of the world’s smartphones. That number isn't just big—it reflects an entire economy structured around mass electronics production. Chinese factories operate on a scale the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades, with entire cities built around production hubs like Foxconn.
To recreate that in America would take decades, billions in infrastructure, and a workforce willing to do factory shifts for the same pay as workers in Shenzhen. Spoiler: that’s not going to happen.
Then there’s the resource issue.
Trump and his kind love pointing at Canada when talking about lithium and critical minerals. But do they ever stop to think where those minerals actually come from? A massive portion of Canada’s lithium, nickel, and other strategic minerals lie beneath Indigenous lands.
So what are they really bragging about? Resource extraction without consent? Environmental destruction in the name of “Made in America”?
Lithium mining is not green. It requires tons of water, devastates ecosystems, and often leaves behind poisoned landscapes. And in too many cases, governments and corporations move forward without consulting or respecting the Indigenous communities whose lands and lives are directly impacted.
Let’s call it what it is: modern-day colonization wrapped in a tech-friendly slogan.
A better future means facing the truth—that our gadgets come at a cost. That building a “clean” tech economy can’t rely on dirty, extractive practices. And that respecting human rights, Indigenous sovereignty, and the planet must come first—before profit, before convenience, and definitely before political bragging rights.
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