Donald Trump's most ardent supporters have been battling with the billionaire and business class after a fight broke out between Elon Musk and Trump ally Laura Loomer over H-1B visas.
While Trump has a long documented history of trashing H-1B visas and advocating for their removal, Musk and another so-called "tech bro," Vivek Ramaswamy, said the visas were necessary to find skilled people to undertake the jobs required in the tech industry. MAGA maintains that immigration goes against the America First agenda.
Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Republican strategist Susan del Percio suggested that members of his base will follow him — even if they disagree with his positions.
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"I think Trump wins with his base, no matter which side he takes. He'll always win with the base because they follow him pretty much blindly," she said.
Others, like Steve Bannon and Loomer, "are talking about ending basically a possibility of legal immigration and legal entry into the country. That's not what Donald Trump talked about on his campaign. Yes, he's kind of hinted that he was against it before, and now he's for it."
Del Percio called it "such a stupid fight for them to pick because Donald Trump will win it, because he will win it by coming out or acting strong on deportation."
Former Bill Clinton administration deputy assistant Matt Bennett pointed to Trump's pledge to deport more than 9 million immigrants. He predicted that Trump is "not going to get the job done that he promised."
But Del Percio said it won't matter if Trump fails to keep his promise if he deports, "a certain amount of criminals, for example." The workers' visa issue will, she said, be quickly forgotten.
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