Summary
Donald Trump faced backlash from his MAGA base after siding with Elon Musk’s defense of immigration visas, like H1Bs, used by businesses to hire foreign talent.
Many Trump supporters criticized this stance as contradictory to his “America First” promises, arguing H1Bs harm American workers by displacing them with cheaper labor.
Trump released his position through a conservative outlet, avoiding direct posts on the issue, but his Truth Social account was flooded with complaints from long-time supporters.
The controversy highlights growing divisions within the MAGA movement over immigration and corporate priorities.
63 Comments
leadore@lemmy.world · 94 pts · 1y
He stopped giving his base a second thought the moment the election results were in, when it became Trump First. He has zero fucks to give y'all magats any more now that you've served your purpose, suckas.
Pulptastic@midwest.social · -2 pts · 1y
Don’t elevate them by using the term “magats”.
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Doesn’t seem like an elevation to me.
MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 1y
OF COURSE HE IS! That’s what everyone with an IQ above their jacket size has been telling you! …you ignorant fucks.
JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y
Those fat fucks aren't as intelligent as their jacket size lol
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 48 pts · 1y
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
He’s not going to have the mental capacity to remember the second 2 years. If he can even remember last week. While he does seem to be more coherent (relatively which isn’t saying much) since he no longer has any worry of prosecution, he’s got Alzheimer’s in his family and it’s gonna come for him.
just_another_person@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
Good. Too little too late though, suckers.
laurelraven@lemmy.zip · 42 pts · 1y
I so want to have hope that this time, finally, he'll lose supporters.
I want to.
Unfortunately, we've been through this too many times with things that are far worse and somehow he never seems to lose them, not really, so...eh.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Does it matter? He won't be a candidate again anyway.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
Wasn't legal for him to run this time either. Didn't stop him.
laurelraven@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
I keep saying his inauguration is unconstitutional, but if nobody stops him, it's allowed. I would not be so flippant about the chances of him remaining president beyond his 2 term limit.
This is one of those things I really hope I'm wrong about, but I don't have very much hope left.
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Oh they are going to throw him away the next time someone steps in. It's about owning the libs and how we don't know what they need.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
They need a good ass-kicking, is what they need.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
I think they were asking for a spanking when "daddy comes home" per an earlier rally.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Was that when Cuck Carlson was going on about his apparent kink? I think someone should have opened an investigation into him while we still have a justice system...
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, you could tell the Cuck was feeling a certain way when he said it. He enjoyed it too much.
GaMEChld@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Trump is a symptom, not a cause. This disease runs deep.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yep. To quote Obama about something else, donvict didn't build that. He just walked in and slapped his name on the place. Kind of like "his" buildings.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I mean, a whole lot of stupid men have being a qon all bound up in the idea of their masculinity, so....the alternative is, what, to emasculate themselves, hand over their nads to the sheocracy and vote for a woman?
futatorius@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
unphazed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Well he did lose supporters. Unfortunately a bunch of lazy fucks sat out this election and let him win with less votes.
laurelraven@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
Um... No, he got more votes than in either of his previous elections. Millions more.
At least according to the records I've seen.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social · 37 pts · 1y
Yes.
That's his whole thing. In fact he had a book made about it. He'd sell out his family if it made him more money, and I'm not entirely sure he hasn't.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Isn't his former wife buried on a golf course of his for tax break purposes or some shit?
Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah. He has an ex buried. At Mar a Lago I think
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Had to look it up. Turns out I had that wrong about the tax reasons, at least:
https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/no-trump-cant-take-tax-breaks-for-where-his-ex-wife-was-buried
Turns out he only pays 16.31 per year in taxes on the property already.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivanas-burial-tax-breakwhat-we-do-know-what-we-dont-1730396
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 34 pts · 1y
To his supporters: now imagine if you had thought critically about your boy before voting him into office. It's almost like your desires to be both lazy and correct bit you in the ass, since you seem to love taking the words of a conman at face value.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Gawd forbid they listen to any liberals.
pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Same to all who said both sides are equally bad
kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
Yes. You've been warned repeatedly that you put your trust in a group of lying con men. Now you get to find out about the con and experience that lesson first hand, because apparently that's the only way you learn things, by suffering.
thefatfrog@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
psud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y
They didn't learn last time, though this time he does seem to be more directly hurting them
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
This time he doesn't need them anymore; they can't vote for him again.
His plan to still be president in 5 years will be by military coup.
futatorius@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
Imagine taking a decade to realize you've been played.
Now imagine being surrounded by people that stupid. All your life.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Those who remember history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Apes don't read philosophy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3adcbEwSM
....this feels like so many conversations I've had with the bitters and the clingers over the years....except they don't even pretend to be interested in philosophy.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 1y
The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it! Give into your anger!
Be too distracted by infighting to get anything done. Pwease? Pwetty Pwease?
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee · 23 pts · 1y
Selling out is the only thing he ever does
HawlSera@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
Yes, for magic fucking beans. Now get mad!
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
What "conservative outlet" where? Why not name it and provide a link?
[Edit: after some digging:]
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Duh, this is the broligarchy we are talking about here. Of course they would love to fuck over Americans by flooding the market with cheap indentured servants.
Anyone voting for donvict thinking otherwise is about to find out.
glitchead@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y
Donvict... this is getting added to my growing list of nicknames
Hackworth@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Just heard "Muskrat" the other day. The little joys.
Tramort@programming.dev · 16 pts · 1y
He didn't sell you out as much as he just gave you away. Like trash. Because that's what he thinks of you.
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 1y
I have trouble not thinking of them the same way.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Bitch. You been sold.
These pro leopard face eating party members don't even realize, they the mark. Hell they ain't even that, they literally cucks to Trump and capitalism. (not kink shaming. Do you) but for conservatives they are just happy to watch the wealthy and powerful. Deep down they know they'll never get to join in.
nao@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
It's too late. He doesn't need you anymore.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
The only thing worse than trump are his supporters who want him to be even shittier.
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
They forgot their place. Back in line behind your idiot god, morons.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y
look, all im gonna say. For all my fellow techies out there, anybody with an internet connection, and significant computing resources.
Now would be a VERY funny time to spin up a lot of "concern trolling" bots.
Putins playbook is very clear, cause confusion and disarray, therefore, nobody trusts anything, and you can do whatever you want. Who says we can't engage in a bit of foul play on the republican side as well?
futatorius@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
yes, but the unfortunate truth is that it's very effective. Just look at the russian propaganda mills and how they operate it's very effective
the worst we could do is make it marginally worse, and the best we could do is completely shatter the entire media environment.
this IS the most effective solution, however, this only actively fuels this kind of paranoid speculation bullshit. It's the "censorship problem"
If you censor things actually worth censoring, people get mad about it, and assume it's actually just a government psyop, because they're stupid. It's literally the inverse to the government run propaganda mill problem.
Kekzkrieger@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
Idiots suprised that the idiot they votes for does idiot things
fluxion@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Yes. And they will convince themselves that is A-okay just like they've done for the last 8 years
mercphilby@discuss.online · 7 pts · 1y
Hahahaha leopards hahahaha faces hahhahahhaHA!!!! It’s really the only thing sustaining me at this point. To stay alive long enough to see maga take it up the bum.
jj4211@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I saw a video of a journalist covering this. While she kept it together, she clearly was having to hold back laughter or at least a smirk at all this.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Leopards Being Fed Faces at this point.
nifty@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
But they’ll elect MAGA again because if there’s anything this election has taught me is that Republican voters have really strong group loyalty, and most undecided voters are low information voters and cannot be trusted to vote in any informed manner.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
The MAGA voters can go piss in the wind. Hopefully the Orange Mofo does everything he fucking promised and then some.
psud@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y
I hope he stays on brand and achieves nearly nothing. Your wish is a bit too damaging to America and the world economy
uebquauntbez@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Oh .,, there's another Jan 6th soon?
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
...whouldathunk?
abolishredditnaw@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Let Them Fight.
laranis@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
I think the number of Trump supporters who can spell H1B is very few, let alone those that care about it. Maybe some of the grifters are waking up to the fact that they'll never be as "in-group" as they thought, but that's a very small minority.
I see some of these leopard-face-eating stories and think, "Will this be the thing that is awful enough to get my MAGA family to admit they were duped?" No. The answer is always no.
If Donald Trump himself leads the jack boot goon squad who kicks in the door of their trailer and drags them out into the street to be lit on fire while Trump smashes a cheeseburger into his face and laughs at them by name, their last choked, rasping words would be about the evil Demon-crats ruining the nation.
We've got at least four more years of this and I don't have the energy for hope.
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
mfs think donny actually give a flying fuck about that backlash