Vice President JD Vance's anti-H-1B stance makes him immensely unpopular in Silicon Valley which has been hugely dependent on the import of skilled workers from foreign countries. Daily Mail has reported a recent episode where the tension was palpable as the vice president was running late while Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang were on stage at the America.gov launch speaking about their new AI-powered platform. Their chat extended by 30 minutes of the scheduled time and Vance was at the backstage. The Daily Mail report claimed that Vance started yelling at his communications staff and they should get Must and Huang off the stage. Citing four sources, the report claimed that Vance dropped an 'F' bomb as he scolded his staff. The staff then had to remind the event organizers that Vance is the Vice President and he was running about 30 minutes behind for a MAHA summit with RFK Jr.
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