A desperate China just tried mocking America over tariffs—and ended up embarrassing itself with one of the most tone-deaf propaganda videos in recent memory.

As President Trump hits China with a 104% tariff hike for refusing to back down from retaliatory trade measures, Beijing responded not with diplomacy, but with an AI-generated cartoon aimed at mocking American workers and Trump’s “re-industrialization” push. The result? A cringe-worthy video that revealed more about China’s inferiority complex than anything it was trying to say about the U.S.

Let’s back up: The Trump administration’s tariff escalation came after Beijing failed to meet the Tuesday noon deadline to lift its retaliatory tariffs. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t mince words.

“The president, when America is punched, he punches back harder,” Leavitt said at a press briefing. “That’s why there will be 104% tariffs going into effect on China tonight at midnight.”

In typical Trump fashion, it’s a bold move that asserts strength—and it’s clearly rattling the Chinese Communist Party. But instead of engaging seriously, China put out a cartoon that shows fat, depressed American workers chained to sewing machines, seemingly mocking the very kind of industrial labor they themselves rely on—often under brutal, even inhumane, conditions.

Irony alert: China is mocking re-industrialization while still using forced labor, facing widespread worker suicides, and—yes—still installing suicide nets at factories like Foxconn to prevent workers from jumping to their deaths.

That’s the system they’re proud of?

The video is a window into just how disconnected China is from American culture and what motivates our people. The communists in Beijing think mocking American workers will somehow win them sympathy in a global trade fight. Instead, they’ve handed Trump a gift: a perfect reminder of why we can—and must—bring back American manufacturing.

China has gotten used to past presidents bowing, compromising, and caving. But Trump is doing what they never expected—hitting back. Hard.

And Americans are responding not with defeat, but with mockery of their own. Social media lit up with ridicule over the Chinese video, pointing out how China is literally attacking the very labor force they exploit. Commenters reminded the world that America invented the assembly line, pioneered innovation, and built the global economy long before China began pumping out cheap knockoffs.

Even the underlying message of the Chinese cartoon backfires. They seem to believe Americans are too soft, lazy, or weak to return to factory jobs. But history proves otherwise. Every time America is underestimated, it wakes up—and wins.

The truth is, China is terrified. Their economy is slowing. Their population is aging. Their grip on global supply chains is weakening. And now, the one leader willing to stand up to their predatory economic behavior is back in charge. The 104% tariff is not just a policy—it’s a message. The era of American appeasement is over.

For too long, China flooded our markets, stole our IP, and manipulated our economy with no consequences. Trump is changing that. And Beijing’s bizarre propaganda meltdown is proof they know it.

The last thing the Chinese Communist Party wants is for the American people to rally behind the idea of buying American and rejecting Chinese-made products. But that’s exactly what they’re risking with stunts like this.

So keep the memes coming, Beijing. Every cartoon you publish just proves Trump is over the target—and hitting a nerve.