{"id":2535748,"date":"2026-01-14T00:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hypes-robots-as-big-factor-as-ford-struggles-to-fill-vacancies-6\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:38:32","slug":"trump-hypes-robots-as-big-factor-as-ford-struggles-to-fill-vacancies-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hypes-robots-as-big-factor-as-ford-struggles-to-fill-vacancies-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hypes robots as &#8216;big factor&#8217; as Ford struggles to fill vacancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-hypes-robots-as-big-factor-as-ford-struggles-to-fill-vacancies-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2535748&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At a Ford factory in Dearborn, michigan, President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the automaker&#8217;s reported shortage of about 5,000 mechanics, telling CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil that the strong economy and rapid training are addressing the issue. He said automation &#8211; &#8220;robots&#8221; &#8211; will be a major factor in the future and help fill gaps as manufacturing returns to the U.S. Reports note Trump has been investing in AI and shifting attention toward robotics, and a Commerce Department spokesperson has emphasized a government commitment to robotics and advanced manufacturing to support onshoring and production.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump hypes robots as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-colorados-mail-in-voting-system-a-big-factor-in-decision-to-move-space-command-to-alabama\/\" title=\"... says Colorado\u2019s mail...in voting system &#039;a ...&#039; in decision to move Space Command to Alabama\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-flu-has-virtually-disappeared-from-u-s\/\" title=\"Report: Flu Has \u2018Virtually Disappeared\u2019 From U.S.\">big factor<\/a>&#038;rsquo<\/a>; as Ford struggles to fill thousands of vacancies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2465018\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">dismissed concerns about a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >labor shortage hindering<\/a> the progress of a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ford\/\">Ford<\/a>&nbsp;factory, arguing that automation would re<\/span>solve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to&nbsp;<em>CBS Evening News&nbsp;<\/em>anchor Tony Dokoupil on&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4417766\/trump-flips-off-ford-factory-worker\/\">the floor of a Ford factory<\/a>&nbsp;in Dearborn, Michigan, Trump was asked about the challenges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hypes-robots-as-big-factor-as-ford-struggles-to-fill-vacancies\/\" title=\"... as &#039;...&#039; as Ford struggles to ... vacancies\">filling job openings<\/a>. Dokoupil pointed to a recent quote from the CEO of Ford, who complained that he had 5,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hypes-robots-as-big-factor-as-ford-struggles-to-fill-vacancies-2\/\" title=\"... as &#039;...&#039; as Ford struggles to ... vacancies\">000 open mechanic jobs<\/a> that he was unable to fill. Trump didn&rsquo;t see it as a problem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4417515\/wall-street-powell-doj-investigation\/\">Wall Street executives back Powell as DOJ investigates Fed chairman: &#8216;Not a good idea&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4416666\/new-york-set-records-sports-betting-2025\/\">New York set records for sports betting in 2025 with $26.3 billion in wagers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4414836\/gop-celebrates-trump-ally-dina-powell-mccormick-meta-president\/\">GOP celebrates &#8216;Trump ally&#8217; at head of Meta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;That means it&rsquo;s vibrant. You could also have things where you have so many people, and they can&rsquo;t get jobs. It&rsquo;s true,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are doing so well. &hellip; What&rsquo;s going to happen is people are being trained rapidly, and you&rsquo;re going to have a thing called robots, and robots are going to be a big factor,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;I predict robots are going to be a big factor in the future, and it&rsquo;s going to help out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But you have a situation now where our economy is doing so well that it&rsquo;s not that easy to get people. We&rsquo;re training people, they&rsquo;re training people, companies are training people, and they&rsquo;re doing well,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4417857\/trump-very-strong-action-iran-hanging-protesters\/\">TRUMP PLEDGES &lsquo;VERY STRONG ACTION&rsquo; IF IRAN BEGINS HANGING PROTESTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reports have indicated that Trump may be shifting his focus to robotics after investing heavily in artificial intelligence. In the case of robotics, his focus centers on the hope that automation will help address the potential labor shortages that may arise from manufacturing being onshored.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are committed to robotics and advanced manufacturing because they are central to bringing critical production back to the United States,&rdquo; a Commerce Department spokesperson <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/12\/03\/trump-administration-ai-robotics-00674204\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: robots will solve Ford&#8217;s worker shortage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2535749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26013667056741.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[60015,17303,3634],"class_list":["post-2535748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-automation-2","tag-robots","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26013667056741.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535752,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535748\/revisions\/2535752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2535749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}