Conservative commentator Bill Mitchell urged MAGA to not rant against President Donald Trump for softening his stance on H-1B as the reality is that if the H-1B program is ended tomorrow, the tech companies will not hire Americans because they are “underskilled”. Those jobs would simply be offshored, Mitchell said, making a strong defense for the president. Mitchell also said that H-1B has become a burning issue only on X, while people on the street do not even know what the H-1B is. The present H-1B controversy is a reminder of the one that broke out last year during Christmas, which made MAGA implode like it is happening now, after Trump, in his latest Fox interview, said he wants to bring talented people from abroad.
“You don’t have certain talents. People have to learn. You can’t take people off the unemployment line and say go make missiles,” Trump said, triggering sharp reactions from MAGA influencers. They accused the president of implying that America does not have enough talented people, while the Democrats called it a typical Trump U-turn.“Never attack Trump for ANYTHING while he is president. Chances are you don’t know what he knows. I have seen a lot of ignorant venting on H1-B’s that will only get Democrats elected in 2026,” Mitchell said. “Remember, Trump is a pragmatist, not an ideologue. He sees the numbers and knows there is NOT enough homegrown tech talent to handle the AI onslaught. He is not ideologically opposed to H1-B’s if they solve a practical problem.““In China, children are trained to be software engineers. In America many of them can barely read! Rather than getting mad at Trump for speaking the truth, people should start to take education more seriously and stop with the everyone’s equal woke crap,” Mitchell said.
Did Trump say America does not have talent?
Mitchell contended that Trump never said America does not have any talent and MAGA twisted his words to their convenience. Mitchell said Trump emphasized “certain” talents and did not make a blanket statement on American talents.
