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.

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.

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.