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Trump on H-1B visas: US lacks enough 'talented people'

17 points by hypeatei

by rsynnott

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> “Well, I agree, but you also do have to bring in talent when a country”
I will never get over how incoherent this guy is; he’s like a human GPT-2. Like, what on earth does that mean?

by nis0s

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There’s tacit admission of defeat in this, it’s basically saying America doesn’t have the political power necessary to offset globalization and its forces. China and India have already taken over as predominant global powers, then.
Easier to see this in numbers https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-every-countrys-gdp-g...
The only reason American isn’t in the red is because most of the worlds large caps are based here.

by Daishiman

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The great thing about a senile president is that you can't tell apart dementia from backroom dealings.

by silexia

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As a Republican who voted for Trump, this change is deeply disappointing. Americans are fully capable of doing every job available in our country. Especially if they are motivated and not receiving $2,000 socialist payments.