Trump must get a finders fee for bringing all these foreigners in to work in America. 

Here is Trump showing Fox News the White House.  Notice he has that gold shit on the walls all over the place. 

He does realize that the people voted him in to office, doesn't he? He keeps talking like this and he's going to lose the last remaining hold outs

After Ingraham asked the president what exactly was "MAGA" about his plan to bring hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into the country, Trump became defensive, claiming that a lot of universities and "historically black colleges" would go "out of business" without foreign students. "Don't forget MAGA was my idea. MAGA was nobody else's idea," scolded Trump. "I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else, and MAGA wants to see our country thrive."

President Donald Trump Hits Back at Rumors His ’24-Karat Gold’ Oval Office Decorations Are From Home Depot

President Donald Trump's latest Fox News interview t ook an intriguing turn when he was asked to address online rumors that his extravagant "24-karat gold" Oval Office decorations are in fact painted plastic appliques from Home Depot....

Trump's confirmation that the additions to the Oval Office are "real gold" comes after a frenzy of speculation broke out online that the White House upgrades were nothing more than cheap imitations designed to mock the appearance of the precious metal.

Many pointed to one particular motif that very closely resembles a   $58.07 polyurethane applique   that is available on Home Depot's website.

Those rumors were further fueled when a spokesperson for the design company behind the appliques, Ekena Millwork, told   Buzzfeed   that they believe their products could well have been used in the White House renovations.

"We work with several design firms in   DC   that have worked on the White House and believe these could be our onlays," the spokesperson said.

Ironically, the design that many believe is identical to the moldings used in the Oval Office has since sold out the Home Depot website.

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They sold out because Trump bought them all, or, I should say, the American taxpayers bought them all.

In Trumpworld anything is possible. 

He probably bought them at Home Depot after billing the White House decoration fund for millions and pocketing the difference. 

Many have compared Trump's molded decorations (right) to a $58 polyurethane applique that is available on Home Depot's website. Getty Images; Home Depot

(From the link above)

Obviously he mean't we don't have enough talented people. 

Is this really newsworthy?

Are you agreeing with him saying America doesnt have enough talented people?  Maybe you misspoke yourself. 

We certainly don't have enough engineers.

Do you disagree?

Is this really newsworthy?

The right wingers who attacked him on social media seem to think so. 

There is no rightwing in America. If there was antifa members would be afraid to stage protests.

The story is left wing clickbait which is just finding random posts from nobodies and bots and combining them to make it seem like there’s outrage etc etc..   

but,yes, this is yet another issue trump and democrats agree on.  

LOL. 

"We have plenty of talented people here," shot back Ingraham, to which Trump insisted, "No, you don't."

Ingraham questioned, "We don't have talented people here?"

"No," responded Trump.

That is literally what he said. 

Now one could contend that he didnt mean to say that, but he did because he is a thoughtless moron, but why dont we instead wonder what you people would be saying if Biden said this. People should use all the energy they expend on defending stupid things Trump says on something useful. 

There is no rightwing in America.

Funniest comment I've read all week.

wow...you have just shit on the American work force

America has plenty of talented people.  They just aren't Trump supporters.

When you surround yourself with magas of course you're going to think there aren't enough talented people.

It’s true.  Look at the Trump administration and its sycophants in Congress.  America is not sending the federal government its best.

Why would the supreme court issue and injunction to stop a demolition that is already complete?

President Donald Trump received backlash from his own supporters after he suggested there were not enough talented Americans.

Interesting, that also suggests Trump supporters have a mind of their own and don't just follow everything he does or says.  Another blueanon theory bites the dust.

There are over 340 million people living in the United States but the so-called President claims we don't have enough talented people.  That's a projection from his inferiority complex since he knows most of them are far more talented than he is.  

Trump hates America and Americans…

We've known that for a long time.

Americans don’t know what the word “groceries” means, or how magnets work, and they don’t have the best words.  Only Donald Trump knows these things and only he can fix the country.  Remember: person, woman, man, camera, tv.  Isn’t his superior intellect obvious?

Great interview.  The real Donald Trump.

There are over 340 million people living in the United States but the so-called President claims we don't have enough talented people.

Of course we don't.  The existence of the argument is proof of the point.

We graduate about 120,000 engineers every year, and about 13,000 of those are foreign nationals headed back to their home countries.

China graduates 1,400,000 engineers every year.  Over 1/3 of their graduates study engineering, vs about 6% of ours.

We can talk about how we split the atom and put men on the moon, but that was decades ago.  Now, we're arguing about whether or not math represents colonial oppression.  

We can talk about how we split the atom and put men on the moon, but that was decades ago. 

besides, their recent bridge accomplishment, just collapsed, they have US there as well,i guess.

Trumpers and maga don't like college educated, obviously, besisdes them stating as much

Once again, a case of Trump's inability to make a point without fucking it up with his flapper, and opening the door to over-generalization, exaggeration, and outrage.  If he would have explained it properly, he actually could have made a decent point.  This is what was said:

After Fox News host   Laura Ingraham   criticized H-1B visas during an   Ingraham Angle   interview with Trump, the president replied, "Well, I agree, but you also do have to bring in talent."

"We have plenty of talented people here," shot back Ingraham, to which Trump insisted, "No, you don't."

Ingraham questioned, "We don't have talented people here?"

"No," responded Trump.

Note that Ingraham was criticizing the H-1B visa program.  That program offers a path to employment in high tech STEM type fields to foreign nationals, and for good reason.  Our education systems in recent decades have been woefully inadequate in generating adequate domestic graduates in many scientific, technical, and engineering fields.  This is a FACT supported by several industry experts.  If Trump would have been more specific about the type of "talented people" he was talking about, we could have avoided this uproar.  Also, it would help if Ingraham and other hardline MAGA proponents would not lump the discussion of the H-1B Visa program in with their other anti-immigrant rhetoric.

It is a FACT that there is an expanding shortage of skilled labor in the US in many technical fields.   See article HERE   .

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that by 2026, the shortage of developers in the US will exceed 1.2 million. Additionally, 545K of the current software engineering workforce will have left the market by that time. (BLS)

• The USA is facing some of the world’s greatest year-over-year skills gap increases. Between 66% and 90% of US employers struggle to find the skills they need, with tech positions being among the top 10 hardest roles to fill. (ManpowerGroup)

Or   HERE at American Institute of Physics   :

In a   policy brief  accompanying the report, NSF’s governing board argues that the U.S. now faces an “accelerating STEM talent crisis,” in part due to the longstanding underperformance of the U.S. pre-K-12 education system in comparison with many peer countries.

 AIP and the   National Science Board (NSB)   recommend a combination of cultivating our own STEM workforce and policies to attract STEM talent from around the world.

Yet the United States is facing an accelerating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent crisis that increasingly puts our economic and national security at risk.   To Remain Globally Competitive, the United States Must Use a Two Pronged Talent Strategy: Implement policies that ramp up the flow of domestic talent into the STEM workforce along the full diversity of career pathways. Put policies in place to attract and retain STEM talent from around the world.

While I never supported Trump and am not a fan of the more extreme end of the so-called MAGA movement (especially those characterizing ALL immigration as bad, bordering on racism), I can say without reservation that the H-1B program and improved domestic education in the STEM fields are critical to our countries future.  I can understand why the H-1B program is important and why it should be improved to offer the best solution for both employers and the workers.  I work in the tech and engineering industry so I am very familiar with the labor shortages in the US tech industries and understand what Trump and guys like Musk are getting at.  The extremes will keep spinning the memes that Trump is calling the American workforce "stupid" or "untalented", or that the H-1B Visa program is somehow equivalent to the expansion of illegal immigration, but neither is the truth of the matter.

The H-1B is a temporary (nonimmigrant) visa category that allows employers to petition for highly educated foreign professionals to work in “specialty occupations” that require at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent.ii Jobs in fields such as mathematics, engineering, technology, and medical sciences often qualify. Typically, the initial duration of an H-1B visa classification is three years, which may be extended for a maximum of six years  .

According to many economists, the presence of immigrant workers in the United States creates new job opportunities for native-born workers. This occurs in five ways. First, immigrant workers and native-born workers often have different skill sets, meaning that they fill different types of jobs. As a result, they complement each other in the labor market rather than competing for the exact same jobs. Second, immigrant workers spend and invest their wages in the U.S. economy, which increases consumer demand and creates new jobs. Third, businesses respond to the presence of immigrant workers and consumers by expanding their operations in the United States rather than searching for new opportunities overseas. Fourth, immigrants themselves frequently create new businesses, thereby expanding the U.S. labor market. And fifth, the new ideas and innovations developed by immigrants fuel economic growth.

I don't see that Trump changing his tune on this H-1B Visa program since his last administration as such a bad thing.  At least it shows that he can change his mind if/when new information is provided.  On issues like this I think it is preferable to go to the heart of the matter, rather than fanning the flames of the outraged extremes, IMHO.

Now he's telling MAGA what he really thinks.

Americans are no talent losers to him, just like he called veterans who were killed in battle suckers and losers.

He was probably offered an under the table deal to bring in 600,000 Chinese students in order to appear having the upper hand in Chinese trade negotiations.

All the ICE terror shock and awe is just a cover for what he really plans to do. The deportations happening are not just the criminals. They went in for harmless easy to exploit workers just to appease MAGA.

I don't think MAGA was clamoring for a golden ballroom, or a tacky gold plated Oval Office, or tearing down an entire wing of the White House, or anything he is doing right now.

His revenge tour part two is showing MAGA who's boss and he hates them. He is getting revenge against his own base for not giving him a mega landslide over Biden. It's really that simple.

Americans are no talent losers to him,

His revenge tour part two is showing MAGA who's boss and he hates them. He is getting revenge against his own base for not giving him a mega landslide over Biden.

Wow!  All that from this article? Impressive! /s

It's really that simple.

Is it?  Maybe its as simple as the less outlandish observations I made in comment #8 above?

Maybe its as simple as the less outlandish observations I made in comment #8 above?

You said:

If he would have explained it properly, he actually could have made a decent point.

Right, and if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

It is a FACT that there is an expanding shortage of skilled labor in the US in many technical fields.

Yes, we know, because there has been a massive push from the right against higher education. Trump promised them their manufacturing jobs back so they're sitting on their hands waiting for a fucking job instead of getting educated or retrained for the many technical fields.

I don't see that Trump changing his tune on this H-1B Visa program since his last administration as such a bad thing.

Trump fans never see anything he does as a bad thing because they deflect and defend everything he does. They proclaim he's always right and then when he flip-flops 180 degrees they cheer him for being able to change his mind. It's pure insanity and nothing but a cult of personality that has zero resemblance to rational thought and is pure mindless dumb fuck hero worship of the most repugnant rapist liar on the planet. But I guess it's true what they say, one man's trash candidate and 34 times convicted felon and admitted sexual predator is another man's treasure, though it's pretty clear that man cherishing the trash candidate isn't playing with a full deck. Perhaps they ate too many paint chips as a child.

Right, and if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

Agreed.  No need to explain that one to me my friend.

Trump fans never see anything he does as a bad thing because they deflect and defend everything he does.  They proclaim he's always right and then when he flip-flops 180 degrees they cheer him for being able to change his mind.

Perhaps, but I'm no fan of Trump as I have made abundantly clear here on MANY occasions. I certainly don't deflect or defend everything he does. The fucker is the reason I parted ways with the Republican party!  

I agree that Trump is almost never right, but when he does change his mind on something like this H-1B visa issue and I find agreement with it in concept using well supported facts, logic and reason, I have no problem risking the ire of those who would accuse me of being a "Trump fan" or engaging in "pure mindless dumb fuck hero worship", or "not playing with a full deck".  At least I'm fucking honest, and not bent on insulting and demeaning those who might have a different opinion.  Call me whatever the fuck you want but I'll stick with logic, reason, and critical thinking rather than countering with rabid partisan pigeonholing and ad hominem. 

I agree that Trump is almost never right, but when he does change his mind on something like this H-1B visa issue and I find agreement with it in concept using well supported facts...

I'm pretty sure I commented somewhere on this last year when Trump and MAGA were crowing about shutting down, or severely limiting the H1B program, I was highly skeptical. This affects his donor class's bottom line. 

I'm pretty sure I commented somewhere on this last year when Trump and MAGA were crowing about shutting down, or severely limiting the H1B program, I was highly skeptical.

Indeed. Same here.  I think most who truly understand the STEM situation, understand how the H-1B program works, understand the need for the program, and those who don't feel that at ALL immigration is bad, were highly skeptical about that.  I have remained consistent in my rational (mostly anti-MAGA) views on this subject despite the fact that Trump has apparently come around on it now too.  All I said was that him changing his mind on it wasn't such a bad thing.  Is it in your mind?

How this got twisted into me "deflecting and defending" Trump or "cheering him on" for his "flip-flop" is beyond comprehension.    When the discussion about important matters like this gets boiled down to a partisan screed about who loves or hates Trump more, nobody wins and no progress is made.