The MAGA universe saw a major implosion over the H-1B row that started with the announcement of Sriram Krishnan’s name as the AI advisor in the incoming Trump administration. India-born Krishnan will not handle any immigration-related decision but a conflict rattled Elon Musk, who could actually influence a lot of decisions of the incoming administration. After 5-6 days of fiery exchanges on X, the platform Elon Musk owns, Musk has now declared war on all Republicans who are not on the same page with home on the H-1B issue. He also stands accused of curbing the free speech of his critics like Laura Loomer.
Now a post has gone viral claiming that this entire MAGA drama was a psyop and it was never about H-1B visas but the real target is DOGE — the Department of Government Efficiency — the new unit that would advice the Trump administration on cost-cutting. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are the co-chiefs of this department.
‘Remove Elon and Vivek from DOGE’
The viral post shared the most recent posts on X about the H-1B visa row and revealed that almost all are calling for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s removal from DOGE. Some posts even called for shutting down DOGE — before it started functioning.
David Sacks, the South African-American entrepreneur and the incoming White House AI and crypto czar shared the conspiracy theory after contributing to the debate in favor of more H-1Bs.
Laura Loomer dismissed ‘op’ allegations
Laura Loomer, the prominent MAGA voice who is opposing the big tech’s stance on H-1B visa dismissed the allegation that the controversy was an op and attacked Elon Musk for ‘shadow-banning’ her X account.
Laura Loomer proposed to have a chat with Elon Musk as a logical path of de-escalation. Elon Musk indirectly reacted to this proposal laughing at it.