Does it matter in which country the robots are doing the work? Ultimately that's the future we're shooting for, so this appears to be re-arranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.
Hyperbolically, this is turning America into a renaissance faire as a make work project.
Weird. I thought Bush finished out his term.
I don't know if they ever did put deckchairs on top but had they thought of it and wanted to do it, it might have worked out ok. (View was likely better inside, looking down).
[1] https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Repairing-the-hull-of-the-... - one of the people is sitting on the side of the photo. They were large enough, stable enough in-flight, and the top was accessible.