Harry Litman - Musk: "F*CK YOURSELF in the face," MAGA
As you may have heard, all is not rosy in Trump land. The current trouble traces to Trump’s announcement last week that he would be appointing venture capitalist Srinam Krishnan as a senior policy advisor on artificial intelligence. The announcement exposed a fissure in the Trump coalition that, in a matter of days, erupted into open warfare between Elon Musk (supported by Trump) on one side of the divide and Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer, and the MAGA base on the other.
The conflagration, centered in the nasty war of words between Musk and MAGA activist Loomer, has been well reported. I want to use this Substack entry to draw some additional conclusions that the episode suggests about Trump 2.0.
First, a brief review of the bidding. Things started to go sour last Sunday, December 22, when Trump made his announcement about Krishnan, a prominent Silicon Valley figure who has worked at several major tech companies, including Snapchat and Clubhouse, and has been a close advisor to Musk. Krishnan is also—gasp!—an immigrant born in India, and now a naturalized U.S. citizen. He came to this country in 2007 on an L-1 visa (for intra-company transfer) to work at Microsoft. He has been vocal about his enthusiasm for the H-1B visa, an immigration channel that permits U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialized fields like technology and bring them to the states.
Trump’s announcement drew immediate fire from the core MAGA forces, including MAGA stalwart Laura Loomer, who saw it as a betrayal of the anti-immigrant, nativist stand that was the backbone of Trump’s candidacy.
https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/musk-fck-yourself-in-the-face-maga
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