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uponit7771

(92,647 posts)
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:23 PM Dec 2024

BOOM!!! Trump Chooses Musk Over MAGA !!!

Last edited Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Again people, if they're doing this to their own base to their faces they don't give a damn about you ... prepare

President-elect Trump told The Post Saturday he supports immigration visas for highly skilled workers, appearing to side with Elon Musk in the roiling intra-MAGA debate on the issue.

I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them,” Trump said by phone, referring to the H-1B program, which permits companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.

“I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” added Trump, who restricted access to foreign worker visas in his first administration and has been critical of the program in the past.

https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/



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BOOM!!! Trump Chooses Musk Over MAGA !!! (Original Post) uponit7771 Dec 2024 OP
The CONvicted felon flip-flopping malaise Dec 2024 #1
Right and he doesn't have to care about the GQP cause he's out in 4 years, hell ... he's out right now uponit7771 Dec 2024 #3
Trump didn't even wait till he was sworn in to kick his fucking MAGAts to the curb. Autumn Dec 2024 #2
Leon making the rapist a billionaire yankee87 Dec 2024 #4
What's the basis for this statement? MineralMan Dec 2024 #5
Is the youtube video not showing? I didn't do time mark because the headline is in the first 15 seconds of the vid. tia uponit7771 Dec 2024 #6
I was talking about something MineralMan Dec 2024 #7
Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: 'I have many H-1B visas on my properties' CatWoman Dec 2024 #8
Thx, I'll edit OP with this uponit7771 Dec 2024 #9
Uh-oh he admits to using them. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 2024 #16
Yes, cheaper labor. Work them like slaves because if they say anything the employers can make a phone call and send them LiberalArkie Dec 2024 #10
Not so cheap for real H-1B visas. Minimum salary Ilsa Dec 2024 #17
The mode salary for H1B is much lower, H1b does not get paid what US workers get paid because Corps classify ... uponit7771 Dec 2024 #20
TY for the clarification. My source didn't Ilsa Dec 2024 #21
That Trump statement reads like he has no idea what an H-1B visa is SledDriver Dec 2024 #11
Yep, now his cult members are claiming it wasn't from TS so they're not believing it and he might be off. Wait till ... uponit7771 Dec 2024 #12
Once Orange Julius Caesar has spoken... Dem4life1970 Dec 2024 #13
trump is answering to his real masters and will now ignore MAGA LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #14
Public Service Message to Republicans and MAGAts: Aussie105 Dec 2024 #15
He needs Musk's money Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2024 #18
The vampire got him to invite it in underpants Dec 2024 #26
Don't call ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #19
If he doesn't it should be a huge tell for MAGA uponit7771 Dec 2024 #23
What does he need h-1bs for ? What jobs does he offer that an h1b would do JI7 Dec 2024 #22
The convicted felon has milked the MAGA sheep for about all he can get republianmushroom Dec 2024 #24
Yep, this should be the tell for MAGA but they continue to make excuses for their lord and savior. How many times does h uponit7771 Dec 2024 #25
This is Trump's old position on H-1B visas. Notice how he flip-flopped for Elon Musk and sold out all his voters LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #27

uponit7771

(92,647 posts)
3. Right and he doesn't have to care about the GQP cause he's out in 4 years, hell ... he's out right now
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:34 PM
Dec 2024

yankee87

(2,499 posts)
4. Leon making the rapist a billionaire
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:34 PM
Dec 2024

Leon making the rapist a billionaire. He cares nothing about the country.

uponit7771

(92,647 posts)
6. Is the youtube video not showing? I didn't do time mark because the headline is in the first 15 seconds of the vid. tia
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:51 PM
Dec 2024

MineralMan

(148,780 posts)
7. I was talking about something
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:54 PM
Dec 2024

mote concrete than that video. That's just that guys opinion. I'm not seeing it

CatWoman

(79,932 posts)
8. Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: 'I have many H-1B visas on my properties'
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:55 PM
Dec 2024

President-elect Trump told The Post Saturday he supports immigration visas for highly skilled workers, appearing to side with Elon Musk in the roiling intra-MAGA debate on the issue.

“I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them,” Trump said by phone, referring to the H-1B program, which permits companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.

“I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” added Trump, who restricted access to foreign worker visas in his first administration and has been critical of the program in the past.

https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/

LiberalArkie

(17,785 posts)
10. Yes, cheaper labor. Work them like slaves because if they say anything the employers can make a phone call and send them
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 06:19 PM
Dec 2024

back to their home country, not caring if they had been in the US for 1 year or 10 years and have a family here.

Ilsa

(62,666 posts)
17. Not so cheap for real H-1B visas. Minimum salary
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 08:33 PM
Dec 2024

is only $60,000 per year, but the average annual pay is greater than $167k.

I'm trying to imagine why trump needs these workers with degrees. I thought his clubs were run by skilled labor, not degreed professional workers.

uponit7771

(92,647 posts)
20. The mode salary for H1B is much lower, H1b does not get paid what US workers get paid because Corps classify ...
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 10:06 PM
Dec 2024

... their qualifications lower than US workers to begin with.

I was part of reporting this to a big corp, it was disgusting

SledDriver

(2,116 posts)
11. That Trump statement reads like he has no idea what an H-1B visa is
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 06:50 PM
Dec 2024

Like he just heard the term for the first time, doesn't know anything about it, but is making like "Oh yeah, I've always supported that." to sound informed.

uponit7771

(92,647 posts)
12. Yep, now his cult members are claiming it wasn't from TS so they're not believing it and he might be off. Wait till ...
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 06:56 PM
Dec 2024

... VP Trump face smashes them on this issue.

He's getting paid by tech bros, they DEPEND on h1b

Dem4life1970

(760 posts)
13. Once Orange Julius Caesar has spoken...
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 07:57 PM
Dec 2024

...it will be interesting to see if his minions all get in line.

Hilarious! They are lemmings, gullible lemmings who don't think for themselves.

Only what the Orange god-King tells them to think.

Aussie105

(6,929 posts)
15. Public Service Message to Republicans and MAGAts:
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 08:14 PM
Dec 2024

Well, he fooled you and you voted for him, so he got in, but now what?

The party of 'No you Can't!' against Dem initiatives needs to stop being reactionary and instead start being focussed on creative and party cohesive action.

You up for that? Because currently it sounds like it is all too hard for you.

underpants

(189,686 posts)
26. The vampire got him to invite it in
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:07 PM
Dec 2024

and now he can’t get rid of it.

Legend has it that vampires can’t enter your home without being invited by the host. Once they cross the threshold, the game permanently changes.

I can’t find confirmation either way as to if Elon is actually staying AT Mar a lago. If he is that’s some high level slumming for someone with his normal living situation. Zuckerberg too even if it was just for that one night and the dinner (that Elon apparently crashed).

https://money.com/elon-musk-spent-72-million-on-his-homes-in-bel-air-heres-what-his-lavish-life-looks-like/



ForgedCrank

(2,592 posts)
19. Don't call
Sat Dec 28, 2024, 09:23 PM
Dec 2024

it quite yet. Trump is famous for this. He floats ideas, and stands back for a few days to see what the reaction is. when it explode sin his face, he almost always changes directions. We'll see how this one ends, but odds are, he'll go with the winds of backlash.

republianmushroom

(19,279 posts)
24. The convicted felon has milked the MAGA sheep for about all he can get
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 01:31 PM
Dec 2024

and is seeking new pastures and new marks.

47 months and counting

Jack, 21 days in the count down left.

uponit7771

(92,647 posts)
25. Yep, this should be the tell for MAGA but they continue to make excuses for their lord and savior. How many times does h
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 02:54 PM
Dec 2024

... he have to crap on them.

A cult

LetMyPeopleVote

(160,884 posts)
27. This is Trump's old position on H-1B visas. Notice how he flip-flopped for Elon Musk and sold out all his voters
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 05:47 PM
Dec 2024
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