Musk vs MAGA war: Trump camp in bitter fight over immigration, foreign worker visas
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Donald Trump is continuing to circulate articles from conservative media on his Truth Social feed hinting at the prospect of the US entering merger talks with Canada about it becoming America’s 51st state, capitalizing on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s rocky end to the year.
The idea was also entertained on Fox News on Monday when Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary expressed his enthusiasm for the idea in conversation with Trump’s former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
The president-elect has also sought to revive talk about his acquiring Greenland from Denmark in recent days.
Meanwhile, his influential new friend Elon Musk has expressed doubt about the current speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, as he seeks re-election later this week.
The Big Tech boss responded to an X post by Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie, in which the latter warned against allowing Johnson to hang on to the gavel given that the GOP had already witnessed him “partner with the Democrats to send money to Ukraine, authorize spying on Americans, and blow the budget”.
“You might be right, but let’s see how it goes,” Musk told Massie, undermining Trump’s recent call for party unity.
Speaker Johnson says he’s ‘honored and humbled’ by Trump’s endorsement
Here’s the current House GOP leader’s typically grovelling response to the president-elect’s post just now.
And here’s US Attorney General One America News presenter Matt Gaetz’s take:
Joe Sommerlad30 December 2024 16:10
Trump claims Bill Gates asked to visit Mar-a-Lago in apparent message to Musk
As tensions flare between Musk and the president-elect’s MAGA allies, Trump himself posted what appeared to be a personal message to the SpaceX and Tesla boss on Truth Social over the weekend claiming that fellow billionaire Bill Gates had asked to come to Mar-a-Lago.
Trump suggested the Microsoft co-founder had requested an invite to his Florida estate and encouraged Musk to join them.
“Where are you? When are you coming to the ‘Center of the Universe,’ Mar-a-Lago. Bill Gates asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be AMAZING!!!” the Republican wrote.
Trump then signed the message “DJT”, as is his custom.
Here’s Kelly Rissman to attempt to get to the bottom of it.
Joe Sommerlad30 December 2024 15:50
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