“Unreal”: MAGA fury after Trump “broke everyone’s heart” with visa comments on Fox News

President Donald Trump s defense of the H- B visa activity during a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham this week set off one of the sharpest MAGA backlashes of his presidency Pressed by Ingraham on whether he would continue allowing large numbers of foreign skilled workers into the country Trump rejected her argument that the U S should raise wages for American workers instead of flooding the country with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of foreign workers I agree he commented but you also do have to bring in talent When Ingraham countered We have plenty of talented people here Trump replied No you don t no you don t you don t have certain talents and people have to learn Trump cited as an example a Georgia manufacturing plant that was lately raided arguing that the workers there were needed to teach and manufacture what he commented were complex technologies like batteries It s very complicated he explained You can t just take people off an unemployment line that haven t worked in five years and they re going to start making the missiles It doesn t work that way Ingraham Does that mean the h- b visa thing will not be a big priority for your administration Trump You have to bring in talentIngraham We have plenty of talentTrump No you don tIngraham We don t have talented people here Acyn acyn bsky social - - T Z Related Dire shortage Elon Musk sparks MAGA backlash after calling for more immigrant workers That rationale portrayed as pragmatic by Trump landed like a gut punch to several of his greater part ardent supporters countless of whom see the H- B project as a symbol of globalist priorities that undermine an America First agenda The reaction from parts of the right on X was swift and visceral Even if it were true that we don t have enough talented people in this country which it isn t that would be all the more reason to stop importing foreigners revealed conservative commentator Matt Walsh We need to train up our own people Give actual Americans a shot America is for Americans I am one of the largest pro-Trump commentators in the nation added Matt Morse another commentator in a post on X I get tens of millions of views every single month talking about Trump s America First agenda And right now I m absolutely f king beyond PISSED OFF that tonight as a justification for H- B visas Trump commented that Americans don t have talent Absolutely unreal Mike Cernovich mentioned Trump broke everyone s heart with this line about the American workforce and H- Bs We need your help to stay independent Subscribe this day to encouragement Salon s progressive journalism We have a lot of talent right here in the USA End H- B wrote Christina Pushaw who works for Florida Gov Ron DeSantis I really hope that Stephen Miller or someone else can explain to President Trump that is NOT what we voted for added Wall Street Mav an account with over a million followers This is a path to giving away the midterms in and Democrats launching investigations and impeachments for two years His base is going to stop caring soon if this continues Other supporters of Trump s MAGA agenda also warned of the promising electoral consequences Without calling out Trump by name Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene R-Ga wrote on X that she believes the American people are good talented creative intelligent hard working and want to achieve and that she is against you being replaced by foreign labor like with H Bs This isn t the first time that a pro-immigration stance on skilled visas has rattled the MAGA base Earlier this year Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy faced sharp criticism from prominent pro-Trump commentators after both voiced aid for expanding H- B visas which a large number of saw as a betrayal of the president s agenda Read more about Trump s administration Divorce is coming soon MAGA civil war erupts after Trump allies accuse Elon Musk of censorship Trump s immigration agents detained over US citizens Trump s welcome message to new citizens isn t very welcoming The post Unreal MAGA fury after Trump broke everyone s heart with visa comments on Fox News appeared first on Salon com