Musk Vs MAGA Battle: Trump Camp In Bitter Struggle Over Immigration, Overseas Employee Visas
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Donald Trump has hailed the H-1B visa program for expert staff as “great” claiming to have all the time been in favor of them.
Talking to The New York Put up, the president-elect sided with two of his high lieutenants, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, after they each defended the necessity for hiring staff from abroad in tech, engineering, and different sectors.
Ramaswamy, who will lead the skin fee referred to as the Division of Authorities Effectivity alongside Musk, blamed Nineties sitcoms for emphasizing the incorrect values in U.S. staff.
“A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers,” he wrote in a publish on X.
“There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent,” Musk wrote on Wednesday on X. “It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley.”
The “number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low,” he later added.
Their statements triggered pushback from “America First” hardliners, together with Steve Bannon. They need strict immigration management and a livid disagreement erupted on social media.
Man accused of attacking TV reporter and yelling ‘This is Trump’s America now’
A Colorado man is going through attainable bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a tv information reporter after demanding to know whether or not he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now,” in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested Dec. 18 in Grand Junction, Colorado, after police say he adopted KKCO/KJCT reporter Ja’Ronn Alex’s automobile for round 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the Delta space. Alex informed police that he believed he had been adopted and attacked as a result of he’s Pacific Islander.
ICYMI: Steve Bannon mocks ‘toddler’ Elon Musk after he tells X consumer to ‘f*** yourself’ over visa bust-up
As Musk doubled down on his help for H1-B work visas and criticism of American staff, Bannon posted on the social media platform Gettr: “Someone please notify ‘Child Protective Services’— need to do a ‘wellness check’ on this toddler.”
The previous Trump adviser and Battle Room podcast host made the publish in response to Musk telling a critic of his stance on immigration to “f*** yourself in the face.”
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 15:10
Trump claims Invoice Gates requested to come back to Mar-a-Lago
In an early morning publish on Friday, Trump prompt the Microsoft co-founder had requested to come back to Mar-a-Lago. The 78-year-old Republican inspired him to go to.
Kelly Rissman reviews on the weird publish.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 14:10
Trump tariff threats set off provide chain ‘freak out’
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 13:10
Panamanian president dismisses Trump claims China controls Panama Canal
President José Raúl Mulino of Panama dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s baseless declare that Chinese language troopers are “operating the Panama Canal,” calling it “nonsense.”
In a Christmas Day message on Reality Social, Trump sarcastically wished a merry Christmas to “the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal” and “making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about anything.”
Ariana Baio reviews on the Panamanian chief’s response.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 12:10
‘Something great’ about Trump eager to make Canada the 51st state, says Shark Tank star
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary praised President-elect Donald Trump’s continued fascination with annexing Canada as an American state, saying there was “something great” about it as a result of it might type “the most powerful country on earth.”
Having spent the previous few weeks taunting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by providing to make him a “governor” of “the 51st state,” the incoming president upped the ante with a Christmas message to the USA’ neighbor to the north. In addition to recommending that hockey nice Wayne Gretzky run to be “the Governor of Canada,” Trump additionally claimed that Canadians’ taxes would massively drop in the event that they joined the American union.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 11:10
As MAGA appears to be like to finish federal packages, extra People imagine well being care is responsibilty of presidency
In 2013, throughout the rollout of the Inexpensive Care Act, also referred to as Obamacare, that quantity was all the way down to 42 p.c. Again in 2006, it stood at 69 p.c.
The annual Well being and Healthcare survey was performed between November 6 and 20. That very same ballot discovered that fewer People are score U.S. well being care protection and high quality in a optimistic means.
Gustaf Kilander has the main points.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 10:10
Toy shops might go bust below Trump’s proposed worldwide tariffs
In line with business group The Toy Affiliation, almost 80 p.c of U.S. toys are manufactured in China, one of many nations the President-elect has threatened to focus on with rapid charges on exports.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 09:10
As companies scramble to curry favor, Trump inaugural fund set to interrupt report
“There is an absolute deluge of interest,” a Republican fundraiser informed ABC Information.
The donations have included a wide range of large names within the tech and finance world.
Amazon, Meta, Uber, and Ford are all reportedly planning $1 million donations, as are hedge fund supervisor Ken Griffin and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Josh Marcus has the main points.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 08:10
Aspiring MAGA congresswoman performs mock ‘execution’ of migrant
Mike Bedigan has the story.
Oliver O’Connell29 December 2024 06:40
