Vice President JD Vance just dropped a truth bomb about America’s addiction to cheap foreign labor that’s destroying our innovative edge. His passionate speech at the American Dynamism Summit reveals how globalization has become a drug that’s weakening our nation’s economic strength while empowering our competitors.
At a glance:
• VP Vance criticized reliance on cheap offshore labor as a “drug” that hampers U.S. innovation and competitiveness
• He argued that the globalization model falsely assumed manufacturing and design could be separated
• Vance highlighted how cheap labor addiction has allowed rival nations to catch up with America
• The Trump administration is implementing policies to boost American innovation and manufacturing
• Vance warned that reliance on cheap foreign workers fractures society and alienates American workers
Globalization’s Failed Experiment
Vice President JD Vance delivered a powerful critique of America’s decades-long reliance on cheap foreign labor during his address at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington on Tuesday. The event brought together leaders from Silicon Valley and Washington to discuss the future of American innovation.
Vance was as blunt as he usually is when describing how globalization has undermined American productivity and innovation. He characterized cheap labor as a “crutch” and even a “drug that too many American firms got addicted to” over the past several decades.
🚨 THIS IS A MASTERCLASS: VP JD Vance just absolutely excoriated the whole premise behind globalism.
Future of the Republican Party right here. He says the solution to globalists' hunger for cheap labor in other countries is to bring back American innovation. He is RIGHT.… pic.twitter.com/uxZKMk4D4j
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 18, 2025
“Our workers, the populists, on the one hand, the tech optimists on the other, have been failed by this government,” Vance said. “Not just the government of the last administration, but the government in some ways of the last 40 years, because there were two conceits that our leadership class had when it came to globalization.”
The Vice President explained how previous administrations wrongly believed that design and manufacturing could be separated, with poorer nations handling production while America focused on higher-value activities. This flawed thinking, he said, has allowed foreign competitors to catch up with and even surpass American capabilities in critical sectors.
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He’s right, isn’t he?
The Trump Administration’s Innovation Agenda
Vance’s speech also emphasized the Trump administration’s commitment to rebuilding American manufacturing and technological leadership. The Vice President highlighted President Trump’s recent AI infrastructure plan, which involves a massive $100 billion initial investment partnering with industry leaders like Softbank, OpenAI, and Oracle.
He did fail, however, to address the growing question of whether AI will help grow America’s economy…or kill millions of jobs.
President Trump has already signed an executive order designed to remove barriers to AI development in America. This stands in stark contrast to the European approach to AI regulation, which Vance criticized during his recent attendance at the AI Action Summit in Paris.
“Real innovation makes us more productive, but it also, I think, dignifies our workers,” Vance explained. “It boosts our standard of living. It strengthens our workforce and the relative value of its labor.”
The Vice President’s speech represents a significant shift in Republican economic thinking, prioritizing American workers and innovation over the globalist policies embraced by previous administrations. This isn’t the party of George W. Bush anymore.
