By Paul Squire
Publication Date: 2026-10-08 20:58:00
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had a bizarre day.
On Thursday morning, Vice President JD Vance hosted a press conference to announce that the US would suspend a major visa program for Microsoft’s workers.
Though several tech companies were targeted, Vance called out Microsoft by name, alleging that “no company in the United States” abused the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) worse.
“If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one-and-a-half foreign indentured servants,” Vance said. “Now that is a scandalous system that we’ve allowed in this country for far too long.”
Huge banners behind the veep declared “PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS” and “FIGHTING VISA FRAUD.”
But hours later, Trump was singing Nadella’s praises.
At a White House event honoring “a new golden age” for science, Nadella walked up to the president — whose administration had just accused his company of visa fraud, mind you…
