Satya Nadella had an awkward White House day
Source: Business Insider ·
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was given an award by Trump, hours after the administration accused the company of visa fraud.
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Satya Nadella and Donald Trump were all ... smiles?Win McNamee/Getty ImagesIt was a roller coaster Thursday for Microsoft.JD Vance called out Microsoft during a press conference about visa crackdowns.Hours later, Trump honored CEO Satya Nadella as a "key figure".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…