Trump says importing thousands of foreign workers to build computer chips is MAGA.



President Donald Trump has a message for his MAGA base on immigration. And he knows they don’t want to hear it.

The president on Wednesday again offered a defense of visas for high-skilled workers, arguing that Americans don’t have the knowhow to fill certain jobs. He pointed to the multi-billion dollar expansion of chip production in Arizona, saying the company — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — will bring in thousands of workers, and that he will “welcome those people.”

“I love my conservative friends. I love MAGA,” Trump said during remarks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at The Kennedy Center. “But this is MAGA, and those people are going to teach our people how to make computer chips, and in a short period of time, our people are going to be doing great.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/they-just-dont-understand-trump-defends-his-position-on-legal-immigration-to-his-maga-base-00660769