President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to continue welcoming foreign workers to the United States for tech manufacturing jobs, suggesting that American workers are not yet prepared for the demands of advanced chip production, a remark likely to stir further discontent within parts of his base.
“You can’t come in and open up a massive computer chip factory for billions and billions of dollars, like is being done in Arizona, and think you’re going to hire people off an unemployment line to run it,” Trump said at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum.
“They’re going to have to bring thousands of people with them, and I’m going to welcome those people,” he added.
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