I think the reality is likely more along the lines that He isn't getting applicants he considers qualified. Right now, there are no jobs in my area available here because they've been offshored - given to foreigners to service our industry here (while it's still here anyway). The practical reality is that most do not want to go back into the IT sector now because they have been burnt once already and see the writing on the wall. Others don't longer want anything to do with corporations. The reasons for absence of "qualified" workers are varied and objectively as much the fault of the businesses as that of the market.
When you break supply and demand in the local market, then want to use the damage done as a further excuse for destroying it altogether while playing inoccent.. I can't say that is necessarily the case here; but, I also can't say the mention of having jobs that can't be filled is more than mere rhetoric. People are sitting on unemployment for six months at a time right now because no jobs are available. Doing so when jobs are available is the exception, not the rule. And saying jobs exist when people can't find them doesn't make it so. Bin Ladin punched our economy pretty hard on 9/11. When the economy stood back up, the free traders sucker punched it and have been backslapping it and the commentators every since hoping we'll mistake the damage for health. When you throw a fight for profit, the tendancy is to defend the profit and ensure nobody questions the propriety of having thrown the fight while the evidence is there in front of everyone. Traitor is a word being properly applied for a reason. It isn't a slur, it is merely a proper application that fits the facts. And there is going to be a price paid for it.
Nonsense. And it gets thrown around here quite a bit by cowards hiding behind keyboards on the net. Anyone calling me a traitor to my face will need dental work.