‘You Changed Your Position!’ Reporter Confronts Trump Outside New Year’s Party Over Hot MAGA Issue

President-elect Donald Trump was confronted outside his New Year’s Eve gala by a reporter who grilled him about an immigration policy that is the subject of a rift among his supporters.

New Year’s Eve means many things to many people — time to load up on all the things you’re going to give up in a few hours until your resolve weakens eight or nine days into the new year, time to look back on a year that was full of surprises, and if you’re a media figure, time to celebrate that appearance on Mediaite’s Most Influential In Media 2024 with your favorite bubbly or mocktail.

Everyone from Boomers to Zoomers can relate to the Ryan Seacrest-hosted NYE institution that is Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve over on ABC, while NBC offers up The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year’s Special and CBS goes country with New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash.

On cable, there’s reruns on MSNBC and Fox News personalities yukking it up on Jimmy Failla’s All-American New Year’s Bash. And it wouldn’t be New Year’s without the Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen–fueled antics over on CNN New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.

But Trump was, as usual, attending a New Year’s Eve gala at his Mar-a-lago resort. As he and First Lady Melania Trump made their entrance on the red carpet, reporters lobbed question that ranged from softball about New Year’s resolutions to more policy-focused queries.

One reporter confronted Trump over an issue that has been roiling Trump supporters, accusing him of flip-flopping on H-1B visas:

REPORTER: Why did you change your mind on H-1B visas, sir?

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP: I didn’t change my mind. I’ve always felt we have to have the most competent people. We need smart people coming into our country and we need a lot of people coming in. We’re going to have jobs like we’ve never had before.

REPORTER: But sir, you changed your position!

REPORTER: Do you plan to go to the Carter funeral next week?

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