Brain drain and H1-B visa fee hike: Need for introspection

US President Donald Trump's unusual behaviour is surprising the entire world, creating confusion among investors and potentially disrupting the economies of various nations.

- DR KARNATI KIRAN KUMAR

Donald Trump, with his neo-imperialist policies, is trying to control various nations’ economies by creating artificial wars and then acting as a peacemaker. We need to understand two things from Trump's perspective: his promise to his people during his election campaign, such as providing employment opportunities to his country’s people and making America great again. Another thing is that he is basically a businessman rather than a politician. In businesses, people strive to generate profits through various methods, and similarly, Trump aims toreplicate thisapproach in politics. He views relations with other countries froma business perspective, rather than considering long-term and healthy relationships. So, this is not our problem; it will be a problem for the American people in the long run because they trusted and elected Trump. Whatever decisions Trump makes, the US people will bear the repercussions of those decisions.

Some decisions of Trump, such as hiking tariffs, created chaos in Indian exporters, and imposing one lakh dollars on H1-B visa holders and their employers, impacting and causing mayhem in the Indian tech professionals and other professionals, as most of the HL-B holdersare Indians.