Trump slams at US tech giants for ‘building factories in China, hiring workers in India', warns ‘Those days are over'
Speaking at an AI Summit in Washington, Trump said that under his presidency, 'those days are over'.
'For too long, much of America's tech industry pursued a radical globalism that left millions of Americans feeling distrustful and betrayed,' Trump said, speaking at the summit.
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