Every leader has a chink in his armor, and we're seeing them in both Musk and Trump.
Musk effectively answered the white hat question this past week, first by insulting the intelligence of those who see the debate differently, and then by de-platforming Lara Loomer on X. John Galt, he ain't, Folks.
Of course, Trump is personally satisfied w/ H-1B. It helped him to accumulate his great wealth. But if Trump wants to appear as less of a hypocrite and less out of touch than Musk, he's going to have to fall on his sword and abolish H-1B.
Do you see another way?
Yes of course Im aware there are reasons. Musk is clearly in Trumps inner circle so probably much more aware of the reasons then we are. He would also be aware of the technological golden age which is coming (hidden tech being released).
Like you said it will take many years for the country to recover. In the meantime, do you not realize that China will be full steam ahead trying to surpass us in the tech/engineering world? Just look at the car industry for your answer there.
You think the lazy useless gender studies uni grads will be able to develop all the soon to be released tech like flying cars and free energy? You think China wont be putting their best of the best to work developing their own tech as soon as it is released?
Musk isnt talking about low level IT jobs. He is talking about high level engineering... literally rocket scientists etc. Do you want local gender studies grads with zero clue making your flying car?
You can look at the public records for H1-B listings, even for Tesla, and see that there are many, way too many, low level positions for musk to have been honest about this. You need to see for yourself and accept that the visa program has been abused to hell and back.