Overview
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said coverage miscast Trump’s remarks and stressed, “The president does not support American workers being replaced.”
- The policy allows limited use of foreign specialists at the outset of complex chip and battery facilities to train U.S. workers before departing.
- Leavitt said Trump has told investors that if they build in the United States they “better be hiring my people.”
- Trump previously said at the US–Saudi Investment Forum that he would “welcome” thousands of specialists to get advanced factories operational.
- The White House points to a proposed $100,000 fee on certain new H‑1B petitions and stricter vetting, measures now facing lawsuits including one by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.