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Trump’s MAGA base is turning on Elon Musk after he said he wants to import more skilled workers

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Credit: Brandon Bell—Getty Images)

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest tycoon, wants more visas for elite engineering talent, but conservative voices including RFK Jr.’s VP pick, Nicole Shanahan, are savaging the program as predatory. The conflict risks rupturing a fragile alliance between tech billionaires who backed Trump over his promise for a light-touch regulatory regime and “America first” supporters who take a hard-line stance against all immigration.

The uneasy alliance between billionaire tech “broligarchs” and MAGA’s heavily nativist base threatens to unravel before Donald Trump even takes office next month.

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