What do you think of Trump’s meeting with Silicon Valley technology tycoons and saying, “Come to me if you need anything?”

Although Trump is a devout believer in the Internet and an unparalleled Twitter master, he never uses a computer and is an anti-technology president. "I'm not an email person," he admitted in an attack on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. As early as during his presidential campaign, Trump expressed his disregard for technology.

First of all, he said in the interview that the technology industry has formed a dangerous financial bubble, and some unprofitable technology companies are selling stocks at high prices, which is similar to the overheated stock market in 2007. He then declared that climate change itself was a hoax, that the Obama administration had launched massive regulations that were causing severe damage to the U.S. economy, had minimal environmental benefits, and even threatened to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Of course, after being elected, he fulfilled his "promise".

Until now, Trump has not shown a complete "technology policy", but there are many policy preferences that will affect the future development of technology and related industries.

The first is immigration policy. For technology companies, talent and think tanks can be said to be the company's most important core resources. Therefore, many technology companies have always hoped that the government can expand the issuance of H1B visas to bring more highly skilled talents to the company.

However, Trump has a very tough stance on immigration policy and even criticized Facebook, accusing it of hiring too many foreign programmers who should have been open to the unemployed domestically. Trump's tightening of the issuance of work visas to foreigners has worried tens of thousands of foreign technicians in Silicon Valley.

Secondly, foreign trade. In Trump's view, the various foreign trade agreements and policies of the United States are "free gifts" to other countries, but do not bring any benefits to our own country. After taking office, Trump launched a series of policies, including withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), nominating a trade hawk as the head of the trade department, promoting the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and strengthening trade enforcement.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the American technology community. As a result, Silicon Valley's technology giants will lose a large part of the world market, and the obstacles faced by start-ups wanting to enter other countries' markets will become even greater.

The other is the science budget. In the Trump administration's fiscal year 2018 budget, defense funding was increased by 54 billion, while non-defense funding was cut by 10.9%, with scientific research funding being the most severely cut. While some changes were long anticipated, such as significant reductions in federal climate change and reductions in federal energy and manufacturing technology programs, the magnitude of the changes was greater than many expected. Even more surprising is that basic science, like the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, has also been targeted for budget cuts by the White House.