“I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them,” Trump said by phone, referring to the H-1B program, which permits companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.

“I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” added Trump, who restricted access to foreign worker visas in his first administration and has been critical of the program in the past.

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[–] HelluvaBottomCarter@hexbear.net 64 points 6 days ago (1 children)

After 2016 it was apparent that Trump represented the disgruntled domestic nationalist capital class who were in a war with the ruling internationalist capital class. Guess that's over now lol. Trump will side with the bigger money. He is literally an international capitalist after all with resorts in foreign countries. Of course he's not going to shut all the borders and create Neo-Hyperborea.

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The issue is that without the support of the petite bourgeoisie, Trump’s only supporters will be billionaires.

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 30 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I mean the dems only support is also billionaires so….

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

Eh, they've got the PMC, the professional class and the strivers who believe they can enter it. That's their only real base, while repulicans have the petty bourg and thise who believe they can enter it

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I meant, like, actual voters.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 days ago

He doesn’t need voters, he already won

[–] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago

He already won the election he can catapult them into the sun now it doesn't matter.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

I don't see how that would be an actual problem for Trump though if he consolidates the support of the ultra elite.

[–] aaro@hexbear.net 54 points 6 days ago (2 children)

anyone talking about how chuds will be mad doesn't get how this works - the vast majority will never hear about this because fox news won't mix it in with the rest of the slop, and the few conservatives who will hear about this and still know how to read will view this as a 4D chess move

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

H1Bs number 60k per year. It's a nothingburger to anyone who isn't a codemonkey or a terminally online racist

[–] blame@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

it's a nothingburger for codemonkeys too. The real problem is everyone and their grandma learned to code between 2010 and 2020 and the industry is no longer growing at a pace that can hire everybody.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I dunno the tech team I'm on is like 80% immigrants and it's not a small team

[–] blame@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's cool cause the tech team I'm on is like 80% americans and it's not a small team, so I guess we're even.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean that's not a nothing burger. Not trying to be a dick but you haven't run into the Tatas and cognizants?

[–] blame@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Where are you going with this? Am I supposed to draw some kind of conclusion about immigration because Indian consulting companies abuse their workers and the visa system?

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

It's not the consulting firms nor the immigrants that are a problem although the firms are problems themselves. It is the exploitation of cheaper foreign labor to undermine US labor.

It's also been very obvious in tech and other fields that h1b visas are being abused.

I'm not really making any broader point except that I think it is an issue for tech workers.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

Outsourcing is a huge issue as well

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

I mean, there's also the "Tommy 'Terrible Shot' Crooks" demographic to consider sicko-lea

[+] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 55 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 54 points 6 days ago

the blue collar charade

Just goes to show the american people have the memory of a goldfish because anyone who was born pre-1998 remembers Trump as the pompous billionaire guy that has beef with every tabloid celebrity. So for him to fool entire generations of boomers and gen-x he's working class is astonishing.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 44 points 6 days ago

A lot of them have realized they've been fooled and instead of admitting it, they've doubled down. It's how the Q Anon stuff has continued to spiral out of control and become a mainstream portion of the GOP platform.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

H1B immigrants don’t concern blue coñlar workers and the only Joe Maga people who even register this will be the ultra brain wormed and the techbros who can’t get jobs in IT

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 49 points 6 days ago

Lmao. Capitalist pig sides with capitalists on immigration. More at 11.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 43 points 6 days ago

cheeto-man

"Visas for foreign job thieves, bootstraps for whitey!"

Chuds: please-save-me

[–] borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This whole ordeal will end with immigrants put in slave labour death camps as compromise. The petite-bourgoisie get to see their racist fantasy played out and the capitalists get even cheaper labour

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

*SSettler-KKolonial petite-bourgeoisie (Amerikkka should always be reminded of itself as another settler-colonial entity like ISSn'trael)

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

We will spread Maoist Standard English so that all will know how to use it!

[–] Firstnamebunchofnumbers@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I am not using maoist standard english, it's like using 1337 Speak in current year

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All I ask you is that Amerika is referred to, as a settler kolonial entity

[–] Firstnamebunchofnumbers@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

You kkknow what? Freikorps it. Everyrhing i say is now in Maoi$t SStandard Engi$h. I thinkkk this will finally get my dickkk wet again from that KKKute Amerikkkan long leggged SSociali$t from the KKKollege i attended.

(GGGraduated with a 333.0 GPA in BuSSiness KKKlaSSes)

I'm going to takkke Maoi$t SSStandard Engli$ch even furttther. Ï wïll SShow everyöne how a real Amerikkkan SSociali$t gets ït dönë. A SSöup KKKït$chën jůst öpënëd ůp nëar my rësïdënKKKë, (rëntâl pröpérty my di$gů$ting libéral """"parëntSS""" ((KKKAPITALISST KKKLASS MƐANT TO KKKONTRÖL THE PRÖLETARIAN OFFSSprīng! UNJŮSST HEIRARCHŶ!)) Paīd för) bůt i$ SStaffëd ßy DSSA KKKarën lïßëralSS whö dönt let me SSprëad thëŏry to thë infërm proʻles! $ö, i havë takën it ŏpon mySSelf to tëaKKKch thësë KKKarénSS a leSSon. With firëbömßs.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

that's just agricultural work anywhere south of Maine

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 37 points 6 days ago

I sense a disturbance in the farce trump-anguish

[–] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 36 points 6 days ago

Demonrats arent the only ones who get led around by the nose by capital?!?!?!?!?!?! You were supposed to drain the swamp, not become it!!!!!!!

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 31 points 6 days ago

Chuds big mad just because Trump and Elon are doing "we'll save the good ones" immigration policy.

[–] TheDrink@hexbear.net 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It would be so great if this completely split the Republicans and prevented them from getting their shit organized enough to do anything for Trump 2.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago

some of the non-white chuds are starting to become disillusioned. idk if anyone else will though

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 6 days ago

He is being whispered by the apartheid guy so fucking hard

So basically they made Trump win because he's so fucking easy to whisper

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 24 points 6 days ago

It won't matter, Trump literally did this switcheroo back in 2016 when he bragged about hiring H-1B visa workers in an interview and then did a 180 the next interview when he got push back from chuds

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago

Just goes to show porky will never make jobs again.

GOP Trifecta AND mandate from the people and porky is STILL getting cold feet when it comes to putting Americans who are hungry for work to work.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i-cant

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

This would be so funny, if it weren’t for the fact that immigrants are just going to get shot at even more

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Who is the person on the left of the image at the bottom of the post?

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How dare you not know who Steve Urkel is.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago

Lol o literally thought I was being crazy thinking it was Steve urkel

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Vivek Ramaswamy said in a post on X the Everything App that Americans are bad at engineering because they disrespected Steve Urkel.

https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1872312139945234507

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

Hell yeah dude

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

Punished Donald bows deeper to President Musk, begs supporters to obey him too.

[–] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

yikes