Is this literally all this is about? Some vague trump-speaking-extemporaneously in his train of thought style of talking?
In trump language this basically amounts to "it can sometimes be beneficial to let foreign workers in for niche jobs"
No hint at going back on the 100k fee, no mention of numbers or policy change or anything whatsoever. The way the internet has been talking it sounded like he said
"we are going to open up a fuck load more positions and only from india".
If trump is being honest when he says this is about "niche skills" i don't see the problem because that implies
A: it's hardly any people
B: Most of them are going to be white/east asian
Vaguely following the interview he says "I agree (that we should reduce H1-B visas) but we also have to bring in talent (some people with niche skills for niche roles from any country)"
and
"You can't take people off the unemployment line and have them make missiles"
Do we suddenly disagree with this? Do we genuinely think these people can make missiles?
We know damn well none of the shit hordes pouring in qualify as "skilled", they're used to cut costs which the 100k fee cancels out and as far as we know that's still a go. Skilled labor that is worth 100k to a company is going to be mostly white people from europe and maybe some japs, and aren't going to be numerous enough to really make a noticeable difference.
We've had "people with certain skills" being imported since the 50s, I had an H1b from poland on the street i grew up in. Everybody knew a few foreign people at their school, **
a few** foreign people is nice to have around even.
The problem has always been the unbearable numbers and the numbers were never related to
skills. Assuming trump is being honest when he says it's only about
niche skills i don't see the big deal here especially in such a vague discussion interview. Trump says all kinds of shit during these things.
TLDR: He should have worded this better but i don't think he's saying what people fear he's saying.