Elon Musk defended the H-1B visa program on X, using a profane quote from the movie 'Tropic Thunder' to attack a critic. Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been chosen by President-elect Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argue that the US needs foreign workers in tech due to insufficient education.
The internal rift inside the MAGA movement over the H-1B visa continues to play out on X with Elon Musk attacking a critic of the program on Friday using a profane quote from Tom Cruise's character in the movie 'Tropic Thunder.
' Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped by President-elect Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued earlier this week that American culture has not prioritized education enough and therefore foreign workers are needed for tech companies like Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla. Many tech companies have embraced the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, but critics of the program say H-1B holders are often chosen over U.S. citizens for jobs. One of the reasons for this is that foreign workers are tied to their respective employers via the H-1B visa – as a company is required to sponsor the visa -- and therefore quitting the job could ultimately see foreign workers losing their visa and their ability to legally remain in the country. DAVID MARCUS: BIG-BRAINED RAMASWAMY, MUSK PICK FIGHT THEY CAN'T WIN On Friday, Musk doubled down on his defense of the program, blasting a user on X who used a video of Musk discussing SpaceX processes to go after the billionaire’s stance on the visa program. 'The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B,' Musk wrote on X. He then went on to quote the 2008 action-comedy movie, which was a box office hit. 'Take a big step back and F--- YOURSELF in the face,' Musk railed. The line, although not verbatim, comes from a scene from the movie where Tom Cruise’s character Les Grossman, a balding, profane-laden and ill-tempered studio executive, roars down the phone at a group of kidnappers in a memorable scene. Grossman then goes on to threaten the kidnappers, saying that he will go 'scorched earth' and 'massacre' the
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