Trump’s Know-How Crash Course: Hyundai Edition
In a bizarre mind-meld of economic policy and immigration raids, ICE stormed a Hyundai-LG EV battery plant under construction in Georgia on Sept 4, arresting hundreds of South Korean workers on shady visa grounds. This sparked a diplomatic crisis with Seoul, which sent a plane just to retrieve their booted tech wizards. Commerce Secretary Lutnick blamed Hyundai for the visa mess, while Deputy Secretary Landau flew in to 'convey deep regrets,' aka damage control in a tuxedo. Then Trump, via Truth Social, confessed America’s tech game is mush—inviting foreign experts to teach us how to build 'chips, ships, trains' like we forgot how. Hyundai plans $26 billion investment hangs in limbo. It’s high-stakes industrial kindergarten, and America’s asking Korea to be the teacher’s pet.
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US raids Korean EV plant, handcuffs skills, then begs foreign bosses to teach us how to make our own chips and trains again. Plot twist: America’s tech know-how is apparently on vacation, and Trump’s Truth Social is the field trip permission slip.
American economy’s new strategy: Alien abduction tactics on workers followed by begging foreign experts to undo the damage. When you lose your building blocks but still want a castle, call that economic GPS.
The Hyundai raid sequel: Arrest the workers, anger a key ally, then pretend it was a trust exercise before begging those same workers to come back and show us the ropes. Classic workplace training program gone rogue.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/14/2025 | Author: Ben Berkowitz
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