A debate over legal immigration exploded during the Christmas holiday that shows that the party isn't unified, even on its strongest issue with voters.

It was, perhaps, only a matter of time before hostilities broke out in Trump World between the MAGA Internet Warriors and the Elon Musk Tech Bro Caucus. The cause? Immigration. There is populist outrage over immigration.

For Christmas, maybe you unwrapped gifts, baked cookies or hung out with family. Elon Musk spent his holiday week as he usually does: posting again and again on X. But this time it was burning some of the goodwill he’d won with America’s anti-immigrant right.

A heated online debate over immigration policy exposed a growing rift between Donald Trump’s Silicon Valley supporters – including billionaire adviser Elon Musk – and his ardently anti-immigration base,

The backlash escalated Thursday, when Vivek Ramaswamy, in a post on X, criticized an American culture that he said “venerated mediocrity over excellence.”