Forward of his inauguration, Donald Trump is receiving main backlash from MAGA voters after publicly siding with Elon Musk in help of H-1B — a program that grants visas to expert international staff in high-tech industries — after years of campaigning on anti-immigration insurance policies.
The H-1B visa matter has precipitated a large debate throughout the Republican Get together in latest weeks. Elon Musk, a beneficiary of H-1B, lately wrote on X: “The explanation I am in America together with so many crucial individuals who constructed SpaceX, Tesla and a whole lot of different firms that made America robust is due to H1B.”
When requested in regards to the H-1B visa himself, Trump told a reporter: “I’ve all the time felt we have to have essentially the most competent individuals in our nation. We’d like competent individuals. We’d like sensible individuals coming into our nation; we want lots of people coming in.”
Many Trump supporters are usually not proud of the president-elect’s help of H-1B and really feel betrayed by his latest pro-immigration stance. This is what MAGA voters are saying:
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“I used to be, however his latest statements on H-1B ruined it for me. He utterly flipped on the difficulty, and to me it seems like he is caving to the strain from large tech and Elon Musk. We didn’t vote for him to extend ‘authorized’ immigration. We do not want ‘many extra individuals coming in,’ like he stated lately. It is a slap within the face to his voters to be sincere. It is apparent this is not even a rustic anymore. It is simply an financial zone to be exploited.”
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“Did we get fucking swindled?”
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“I did not vote for globalization and importing individuals from international locations that hate us. We voted for America First!”
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“Simply need to report that a variety of Trump supporters really feel backstabbed and betrayed by Trump following his Elon worshipping and the H1B fiasco. Been out of respectable work for an extended, very long time now and am fed up. Trump additionally simply gave Democrats a mid time period victory in 2026.”
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“I’m very bitter over Ramaswamy’s remarks! I am additionally very bitter over Musk’s help of this and of Trump’s help! Is that this what Musk needed all alongside? Is that this why he labored so exhausting to get Trump elected? They need to be ashamed at what they’re saying about Individuals! What a stab within the again!”
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“This man might have been the emperor in 2020. Half the nation was actually prepared to die for him. Folks did die for him. He might have crossed the rubicon that day in January. And he simply walked away. And has now utterly trashed his personal political legacy.”
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“That is an finish recreation alternative by Trump for many people. He both stands with the MAGA base or he stands in opposition to them. His alternative.”
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“Donald Trump is now reposting Elon Musk’s pro-immigration sentiments. So, we’re speaking about extra immigrants earlier than mass deportations even begin? That is NOT what we voted for.”
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“Betrayal at its best…we had been mainly used to maintain him out of jail.”
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“Trump must tread very rigorously right here. I walked away from the Republican Get together of Bush/Cheney as soon as and got here again for Trump…if he tries to take the social gathering again down the oligarchic, pro-corpo neocon path once more then I will stroll away once more in a heartbeat. Importing low cost labor to take jobs away from Individuals is the alternative of ‘America First’…fuck Elon and Vivek.”
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“Seems America first did not imply Individuals first.”
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“I formally remorse my vote for Trump.”
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“Wtf is happening right here? That is NOT what we voted for.”
And at last…
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“The American individuals do not need to commerce unlawful invasion for ‘authorized’ invasion. Cease H1B such as you promised, do not make the American individuals compete with the world for his or her jobs.”
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