On Thursday, ABC News’s The View had their most bitterly anti-Trump guest of season 29 (so far) in so-called “comedian” Hasan Minhaj. Minhaj, who was heir-apparent to The Daily Show before getting sunk by his own lies about experiencing islamophobia, lashed out at President Trump’s $100,000 “tariff” for H1B visas by suggesting Trump’s voters were all “C-average students” who needed help to get ahead in the job market.
It was obvious that Minhaj’s ire was percolating as he shifted their conversation about his latest movie Tron: Ares to his political animus against Trump:
MINHAJ: Joy, I’m telling you, we’re having a moment and I'm feeling myself. I don’t know if you heard about this but there is a tariff not only on consumer goods but there is a tariff on human intelligence. Donald Trump just recently asked for a $100,000 tariff on every H1B immigrant that comes over. Now, obviously my dad came over as an H1B immigrant.
ANA NAVARRO: Is that true?
MINHAJ: Yeah, one of our favorite African Americans Elon Musk came over with an H1B Visa. And a lot of people in America they think this is bigoted, they think it’s xenophobic, they think it’s un-American. I don't know, I'm flattered.
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