US President Donald Trump said he will "welcome" to the US skilled immigrants who will "teach" American workers to develop complex products like chips and missiles, noting he may take a "little heat" over this from his base which supports immigration restrictions. Addressing the US-Saudi Investment Forum on Wednesday, Trump said that a large number of plants, including "extremely complex" ones, are being built in the US that will contribute significantly to the country`s economic growth. He added that, given the complex nature of products that will be manufactured in these plants, like telephones, computers, and missiles, companies will have to bring in skilled workers from abroad who can share their knowledge and teach American workers.

"And I may take a little heat. I always take a little heat from my people, the people that love me and the people that I love, they happen to be toward the right of centre, sometimes they are way right," Trump said at the event that was attended by visiting Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. The US President said that companies have to bring people to "get those plants opened, we want you to do that, and we want those people to teach our people how to make computer chips and how to make other things."