Immigration and bureaucracy. He wants troops to bring down immigration, but that comes at a cost more expensive than the border wall. His move to reduce bureaucracy by 75% as well, I don't think it's possible to that extent. Gotta see what he does in both areas though.
I Disagree. IMO his immigration policies are on point. Shutting lottery based H-1B visas and allowing merit based immigration.
That's okay. I've always supported bringing more quality into such regulations. Anyway, it's irrelevant. The US has massive vacancies, he can't do much here. If he changes the current system, it will only mean all those jobs will move to India. The only change he can make is increasing the number of visas. It's just a political talking point devoid of reality. Since people are irrational about some subjects, politicians have to be equally irrational. People actually ask for IT jobs with neither the certification, education nor interest. There are people with arts degrees who think they are qualified for it.
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Of course, a merit-based system is obviously better than lottery, but it's just a red herring, most vacancies are at the entry level.
Another thing is changing the current quota system to something that benefits Indians is bad for India. We prefer our brains to struggle in foreign shores so they always have a fond memory of India. It means investments.
But I was referring to illegal immigration.
Taiwan's semiconductors are not as important as controlling the Pacific. Even if Taiwan's semiconductor industry is shut down, it will set the world back by just a generation at most, both Intel and Samsung will catch up. Plus what's special about Taiwan's semiconductor is not Taiwan itself, but the people involved in the industry. In case of war, these people can be moved to other countries beforehand. The invasion is not gonna come out of the blue, it's gonna take a month to prepare, enough time for an evacuation of many important civilians.
Otoh, if the US loses control of Taiwan, they will eventually have to give up on half the Pacific. The Chinese will get past the First Island Chain, and that will give them full access to the Western Pacific. Right now, China is nothing in the water, but if the US loses Taiwan, the Chinese will pose the same threat Japan did in 1941. And it will also become impractical for the US to protect SoKo and Japan, so both countries will eventually fall into China's lap, especially with their dwindling populations. The same with the SCS.
I think he knows that too. He said that under his deal, Putin will take back nukes from kaliningrad, back off from China " No limit Friendship", and also backoff from meddling in south america & africa. I dont see putin accepting these terms.
He's pretty retarded to even bring this up. The US has no leverage. The only country that can positively influence Russia today is India. Pretty much everybody else lacks any sort of leverage over Russia, including China. It's all because we don't really need them in the long term. Thats what's scary about us in relation to every country.
I doubt, he will win the republican nomination.
Although, I would say that he is the most articulate & intelligent person among both parties candidates.
Agreed. He is in contention only if Trump is arrested. He's a great VP candidate though, but I think Vivek will deny that position and just try again the next term. It's better for him that way, especially as a 42-year-old.
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