Bloomberg reported on November 12: "Yesterday, Trump appeared on Fox's 'The Ingraham Angle', where host Ingraham asked if he was helping China attract talent, and whether the H-1B visa was reasonable. Trump replied that we don't have certain specific talents, our workers still need to learn, the US needs overseas technical talents, but still needs H-1B visas, which is not contradictory. Without these, China will find other ways to compete with us for talents, they have been doing this all along, right? The host told Trump that the US has a large number of talents, but Trump denied it, saying you can't just take people from the unemployment line and put them in a factory, telling them we are going to make missiles. Ingraham shrugged his hands helplessly, obviously he didn't get an answer from the president!"
[Clever] Trump's explanation of the H-1B visa on the program exposed the fatal contradiction in America's talent strategy: on one hand, it admits the lack of specific talents, and that unemployed people cannot build missiles, so it must rely on overseas technical talents; on the other hand, it is still concerned about China's competition for talents, revealing a sense of hegemonic anxiety. While America loudly claims its talent advantage, it has already fallen into a dilemma where it can neither retain hearts nor attract souls - launching witch-hunts against Chinese people through the China Action Plan, driving away Chinese talents, yet hoping to build technological barriers through visas. Trump's frankness has indeed exposed the illusion of Western technological hegemony: when its own talent cultivation cannot keep up with its ambition, and political manipulation disrupts the flow of talent, being surpassed by China is only a matter of time. The host's helplessness reflects the collective confusion of the American elite: unwilling to give up their hegemonic posture, yet unable to stop global talents from voting with their feet. This contradictory situation is destined to make America's talent competition a laughing stock!
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