While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders designed to crack down on the massive numbers of legal immigrants coming to the United States, and instead creating a path for more qualified people who could contribute to the good of the country.
Trump introduced a new program called the Gold Card visa program, which allows foreigners “of extraordinary ability” to come to the U.S., for a fee of $1 million, or a $2 million sponsorship fee.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explained, “Historically, the employment-based Green Card program let in 281,000 people a year…they were 5x more likely to go on assistance programs of the government. We were taking in the bottom quartile…We’re going to only take extraordinary people at the very top.”
.@howardlutnick: “Historically, the employment-based Green Card program let in 281,000 people a year…they were 5x more likely to go on assistance programs of the government. We were taking in the bottom quartile…We’re going to only take extraordinary people at the very top.” https://t.co/ZwSYbOuEQJ pic.twitter.com/JwC09kfS0s
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
Trump also signed a proclamation to restrict the number of people entering the United States on an H-1B visa.
Any company wishing to sponsor H-1B workers into the U.S. will now have to fork over a $100,000 annual fee for each worker.
It was explained that the H-1B visa program is highly abused. The increased fee is intended to insure that the foreign workers are highly skilled, and will discourage companies from easily replacing American workers with foreign labor.
WATCH:
.@POTUS signs a Proclamation to restrict the entry of certain H-1B aliens into the U.S. as nonimmigrant workers, requiring a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions for new applications.
AMERICA FIRST! pic.twitter.com/AzAUJzXawV
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
President Trump commented on other issues, including slamming Democrats who won’t vote to pass the Continuing Resolution to keep the government open.
.@POTUS: “As you know, we passed the Continuing Resolution in the Republican House today. It was an amazing vote, actually. It showed we want to keep things going, and going properly… But in the Senate… [Democrats] want to shut down the country.” pic.twitter.com/REC1z3ANAj
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
He spoke about his phone conversation earlier in the day with China’s president Xi Jinping.
.@POTUS on his call with President Xi: “We talked for almost two hours… we talked about a lot of things… We have a very good relationship. The TikTok deal is well on its way, and the investors are getting ready.” pic.twitter.com/OjNUmiQUov
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
Trump also blasted the left-wing bias on television.
.@POTUS on extreme Left-Wing bias in television: “George Slopadopoulos had to pay $16M to me because of what he said — that’s ABC… I think that reporting has to be at least accurate to an extent.” pic.twitter.com/iH1cpOm4Gz
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
President Trump also scolded a disrespectful reporter, declaring, “Quiet — you’re really obnoxious! I’m not going to talk to you until I call on you.”
.@POTUS shuts down a disrespectful reporter:
“Quiet — you’re really obnoxious.”
“I’m not going to talk to you until I call on you.” pic.twitter.com/YdichSKGfU
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
ABC reporter Jonathan Karl also got a scolding, as Trump declared, “You’re not a wonderful person. Frankly, you’re a terrible reporter. You know it and so do I.”
.@POTUS absolutely wrecks Fake News @jonkarl: “You’re not a wonderful person. Frankly, you’re a terrible reporter. You know it and so do I.” 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/1q1WMLIpGk
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 19, 2025
BELOW IS A VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE EVENT, as President Trump signed the executive orders and responded to reporters’ question.
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