Billionaire Elon Musk says we need to welcome more international engineers to the United States. This position attracts the wrath of the Trump clan.
First dissensions within the Trump clan on the question of visas. Indeed, the positions of his ally and future Minister of Government Effectiveness, Elon Musk, on legal immigration are debated. The owner of the social network BFMTV.
He says the United States has everything to gain from recruiting international workers, particularly in tech. “The number of people who are very talented and highly motivated engineers in the United States is really too low. You have to think like a professional sports team: if you want your team to win the championship, you have to recruit the greatest talent in the world. ‘wherever they come from, it allows the whole team to win.“, he wrote on X, Wednesday December 25. He proposed to “more than double” the number of engineers immigrating to the country each year.
Strong reactions among ultra-conservatives
Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who will work with Elon Musk at the Ministry of Government Effectiveness, agreed. “Our American culture has revered mediocrity more than excellence for too long,” he notably wrote about “no more math lessons” or “no more scientific competitions on weekends” in order to face China in terms of new technologies.
These statements provoked strong reactions from the most conservative fringe of the Trump clan. Ultra-conservative figure, Laura Loomer deplored “the number of career leftists who are now being appointed to serve in Trump’s administration while sharing views that are in direct opposition to his agenda”. During his campaign, the new president, Donald Trump, both supported wanting to stem immigration to the United States and opening more visas to qualified international workers.
published on December 28 at 4:32 p.m., Lilian Moy, 6Medias
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