Michelle Hackman
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And he actually arranged with the Korean government to let a lot of those people come back.
So you have to remember instead that it's kind of both because Trump himself was a businessman.
He employed a lot of foreign workers himself.
And so I think he, you know, it's not just like an influence campaign.
I think he sees it from this perspective of those guys.
where he just doesn't, I think this is where he doesn't actually connect with the MAGA base is that he's like, oh my God, you know, when I was running my hotels, I couldn't find Americans who wanted to take these jobs.
And so I had to hire people on visas.
The thing is, instead...
It's not like his views have actually shaped the policy of his administration.
So, I mean, you know, Trump repeatedly makes these sort of pro-foreign worker comments.
He's basically pro-H-1B visa.
making it easier for people to get green cards.
That is not at all where his base is on this issue.
They would like to... I mean, the H-1B has become such a flashpoint that his base has gone beyond, you know, let's fix this IT problem.
They want to shut down the H-1B visa.
They want it to go away.