Summary
Donald Trump faced backlash from his MAGA base after siding with Elon Musk’s defense of immigration visas, like H1Bs, used by businesses to hire foreign talent.
Many Trump supporters criticized this stance as contradictory to his “America First” promises, arguing H1Bs harm American workers by displacing them with cheaper labor.
Trump released his position through a conservative outlet, avoiding direct posts on the issue, but his Truth Social account was flooded with complaints from long-time supporters.
The controversy highlights growing divisions within the MAGA movement over immigration and corporate priorities.
I think the number of Trump supporters who can spell H1B is very few, let alone those that care about it. Maybe some of the grifters are waking up to the fact that they’ll never be as “in-group” as they thought, but that’s a very small minority.
I see some of these leopard-face-eating stories and think, “Will this be the thing that is awful enough to get my MAGA family to admit they were duped?” No. The answer is always no.
If Donald Trump himself leads the jack boot goon squad who kicks in the door of their trailer and drags them out into the street to be lit on fire while Trump smashes a cheeseburger into his face and laughs at them by name, their last choked, rasping words would be about the evil Demon-crats ruining the nation.
We’ve got at least four more years of this and I don’t have the energy for hope.