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President-elect Donald Trump realized early in his campaign that U.S. IT workers were angry over training foreign visa-holding replacements. He knew this anger was volcanic.
Trump is the first major U.S. presidential candidate in this race -- or any previous presidential race -- to focus on the use of the H-1B visa to displace IT workers. He asked former Disney IT employees, upset over having to train foreign replacements, to speak at his rallies.
"The fact is that Americans are losing their jobs to foreigners," said Dena Moore, a former Disney IT worker at a Trump rally in Alabama in February. "I believe Mr. Trump is for Americans first."
Yes, US nerds were angry about training H-1B replacements, but how much could they have helped put him over the top?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @12:34AM
ISIS loved him when he won the primary: http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-wants-trump-president-islamic-state-twitter-users-say-republican-will-help-2408204 [ibtimes.com]
And now jihadists cheer Trump victory: https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/blogs/567492-jihadists-cheer-trump-victory [mmedia.me]
He is literally their candidate. His win is a validation of everything they claim about western society being at war with islam.
He's really energized them. He's made them "high energy."
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday November 11 2016, @05:48AM
So we should instead vote for people based upon what our enemies say?
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 11 2016, @09:07AM
We should vote for people based on how well they reflect our values.
Trump and ISIS think exactly the same. They both believe there is no place for muslims in the west.
That makes him an enemy to american values just as much as ISIS is the enemy.
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday November 11 2016, @03:59PM
Far as a single-issue vote works, sure, that's a pretty easy value judgement to make.
And I mean, I don't completely disagree with you. It was just an impossible situation, at least for me. I would have voted Democrat if it was ANYONE but Clinton. I would have voted Republican if it was ANYONE but Trump.
And, you know, I defend Trump because while I don't like him, I realize that trying to get people to calm the fuck down a little at this point and save it for when he actually DOES something is going to be the only way to keep things sane for the next four years. I still say, "Give him a chance. Let him try hanging himself in action before you blow up. Otherwise it will lessen the impact later." He can't dissolve rule of law. If he tries pulling anything overbearing, there WILL be plenty of time to react. The alternative is civil war. I don't like wars, which is one of the main reasons I didn't vote for either of the two of them to begin with.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!