Musk appears to be winning since Trump seemed to publicly back him over the benefits of the H-1B program. And as the owner of one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms, Musk, who also has a direct line to the president-elect’s ear, is undoubtedly more powerful than the vast majority of Trump’s other MAGA backers.

Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, is South African. This is not just true of big tech. Of the 100 most valuable American companies, more than 30 have chief executives who are not sons and daughters of Uncle Sam (though some,

Donald Trump has backed Elon Musk in supporting visas for skilled migrants. The president-elect waded into a row that has split the Republican party by defending H1B visas, which permit highly-educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.

Less than a month before Donald Trump returns to office, two of his most ardent allies have plunged into a fierce online debate over immigration, specifically the government’s visa program that allows American companies to hire so-called “highly skilled” foreign workers.

Everyone had wondered if Trump was ever going to put down his golf clubs and say something. When he finally did it was in an interview with the NY Post in which he declared that he thinks the H-1B visas are just great and he uses them all the time at his properties.

Steve Bannon is ramping up his attack on Elon Musk. And this time he’s threatening violence. The House of MAGA has been up in flames this week over Musk’s plan to protect immigrants with H1-B visas, while diehard conservatives like the president-elect’s former strategist Bannon and Trump loyalist Laura Loomer have said foreign workers should be deported and replaced with “real” Americans.

I mean, it was embarrassing,” Steve Bannon said on Monday, referencing Elon Musk’s tweets over the weekend when he said the H-1B visa program needed to be “reformed.”

President-elect Donald Trump, a convicted felon, has further reinstated his stance on immigration after Elon Musk’s recent tweet about the same. Trump has amplified Musk’s message that advocates hardworking legal immigrants and demands safeguarding America’s values.