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 is now trying to patch up a gaping chasm in the MAGA world in a bid to survive intense blowback to his immigration position. After a whirlwind week where President-elect Donald Trump’s DOGE co-chief agreed with a post that called Americans too “retarded” to exclusively fill the U.

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,