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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. The debate touched off this week when Laura Loomer , a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration. Krishnan favors the ability to bring more skilled immigrants into the U.S. Loomer declared the stance to be “not America First policy” and said the tech executives who have aligned themselves with Trump were doing so to enrich themselves. Much of the debate played out on the social media network X, which Musk owns. Loomer’s comments sparked a back-and-forth with venture capitalist and former PayPal executive David Sacks , whom Trump has tapped to be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” Musk and Ramaswamy, whom Trump has tasked with finding ways to cut the federal government , weighed in, defending the tech industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. It bloomed into a larger debate with more figures from the hard-right weighing in about the need to hire U.S. workers, whether values in American culture can produce the best engineers, free speech on the internet, the newfound influence tech figures have in Trump’s world and what his political movement stands for. Trump has not yet weighed in on the rift, and his presidential transition team did not respond to a message seeking comment. Musk, the world’s richest man who has grown remarkably close to the president-elect , was a central figure in the debate, not only for his stature in Trump’s movement but his stance on the tech industry’s hiring of foreign workers. Technology companies say H-1B visas for skilled workers, used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, are critical for hard-to-fill positions. But critics have said they undercut U.S. citizens who could take those jobs. Some on the right have called for the program to be eliminated, not expanded. Born in South Africa, Musk was once on an a H-1B visa himself and defended the industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. “There is a permanent shortage of excellent engineering talent,” he said in a post. “It is the fundamental limiting factor in Silicon Valley.” Related Articles National Politics | H5N1 virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans National Politics | Trump threat to immigrant health care tempered by economic hopes National Politics | In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families National Politics | Court rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information related to her Trump case National Politics | New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns Trump’s own positions over the years have reflected the divide in his movement. His tough immigration policies, including his pledge for a mass deportation, were central to his winning presidential campaign. He has focused on immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally but he has also sought curbs on legal immigration , including family-based visas. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump called the H-1B visa program “very bad” and “unfair” for U.S. workers. After he became president, Trump in 2017 issued a “Buy American and Hire American” executive order , which directed Cabinet members to suggest changes to ensure H-1B visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants to protect American workers. Trump’s businesses, however, have hired foreign workers, including waiters and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago club , and his social media company behind his Truth Social app has used the the H-1B program for highly skilled workers. During his 2024 campaign for president, as he made immigration his signature issue, Trump said immigrants in the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country” and promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. But in a sharp departure from his usual alarmist message around immigration generally, Trump told a podcast this year that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges. “I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country,” he told the “All-In” podcast with people from the venture capital and technology world. Those comments came on the cusp of Trump’s budding alliance with tech industry figures, but he did not make the idea a regular part of his campaign message or detail any plans to pursue such changes.

Hubris is the characteristic of demagogues and autocrats. Chaos, paralogism and the eclipsis of democracy should not become the antidote to political ethos, symmetry, logic and harmony. In the Bible’s, the Talmud’s and the Koran’s historic gaia, the oikos of the Israelis and the Palestinians, the ellipsis of anthropocentric policies and the catachresis of polemical rhetoric and practices, should not become the canon. Peace and empathy cannot be an anathema. Tragedy and catastrophe prevail in the Ukrainian polis –martyrs of Mariupol, Kyiv, Kherson, Kharkiv and many others. Episodes of despotic apophasis and the antidrome to democracy. The pandect of Russia’s pathetic polemics result from monocratic and autocratic policies. They aim at expanding the spheres of energy, emporium and echo the geopolitics aiming at the dichotomy of Europe. Peace can be elliptic, shattered or glοοmy. Yet, “true peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” This is my preferred definition proposed by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace is not the prologue or the epilogue to an armed conflict and should not be confronted to a truce or to a ceasefire. There is no genuine peace while your neighbor illegally occupies your territory or threatens you daily with the declaration of war (casus belli). Peace is based on international law and justice. Therefore, peace cannot be limited to a ceasefire agreement between the aggressor and the aggressed. Ukraine should not be compelled by Kremlin or advised tomorrow by its Euro-Atlantic friends who today help them to preserve their territorial integrity to concede territory, sovereignty or its residuals. Such an “occupy my territory for peace” agreement exclusively rewards the aggressor. Yes to pragmatism, no to unprincipled docility. If defeatism, fatigue and docility prevail only a handful of states will feel and be secure. Six points on the Western Balkans: 1. Notwithstanding gentle talk, our region will not look much different tomorrow unless a genuine sense of political accountability is developed. Politics is meant to serve, not the other way around. Change will require the eradication of unreliable and corrupted politics. Political egotism, nepotism and corruption adversely affect legitimate citizen aspirations and expectations. In some cases leaders appear to be failing their peoples, jeopardizing thus the European Union accession process. 2. An unprecedented population exodus – mostly of the young, educated, skillful and talented generation – from Western Balkan countries shows an alarming lack of confidence and trust. Those political leaders appealing to them to return back home are those who are mostly responsible and should be held accountable for this exodus, generally faced with fatalism and apathy. 3. The rule of law and independent judiciaries are needed as in much of the Western Balkans the courts are subject to political and partisan influence. In one case (Albania) a special anticorruption court was misused to persecute and sentence the elected ethnic minority mayor. 4. Today’s regional architecture is founded on a set of agreements and treaties – including the Dayton and Paris accords, the Ohrid and Prespa agreements and the arrangements between Belgrade and Pristina. Therefore, their systemic and systematic violation leads to crisis and potential instability. 5. Initiated by the June 2003 Thessaloniki Summit, the EU accession process offers the appropriate stick-and-carrot policy. Aristotle put it well in his “Nicomachean Ethics”: “Impose punishments and penalties upon malefactors and bestow honors on those doing fine actions.” Compliance to the conditionality will be rewarded. Any deviation will be reprimanded. 6. Fresh ideas and talk for new changes in borders in Southeast Europe, including territory and population swaps, will open the Pandora’s box in Europe. It will become pandemic. The bad precedent will become the prototype. It always starts from a known beginning but goes on with an unpredictable end. I am aware of arguments echoing that history recent or past and relevant agreements were unfair. This is exactly the “rationale” behind Mr Putin’s revisionist dogma and expansionism in Europe. Border arrangements, territory and population swaps may not stand and may not be recognized unless they are: a) Proposed and approved by the United Nations Security Council; b) Take the shape of a multilateral treaty and are endorsed by the means of a relevant UNSC Resolution with the formal consent of directly interested and concerned parties. Attachment to the principles and purposes enshrined in the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and in the November 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe, adopted in the aftermath of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, has eroded. Restoring the international collective security system has a name: the United Nations. As long as the permanent members of Security Council are reluctant or unable to act as mandated by the charter, it will be impossible to prevent threats against peace, justice and stability. The Aristotelian metron and ethics are the antidote to hubris. Alexandros P. Mallias is a former ambassador of Greece to Washington, Skopje and Tirana. The comment is based on his remarks at the relevant High-Level international conference organized by Greece’s Ministry of National Defense on November 28.Raipur: Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Opposition Leader Dr. Charan Das Mahant, State Congress President Deepak Baij, former Deputy Chief Minister T.S. Singh Deo, and other Congress leaders have expressed their deep sorrow over the passing of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who died in New Delhi on Thursday night. In his message, former Chief Minister Baghel said that he got the sad news of the death of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Dr Manmohan Singh was the finance minister of the country for five years and prime minister till 10 years. He had taken various economic reforms. RTI and other laws were implemented in the country during his tenure, said Baghel. Former Chief Minister Baghel said that he was closely associated with him and he used to take advice from him. Baghel wrote on his X, “We will give voice to your thoughts. We will give a start to your dream. I give so much assurance when you leave, we will give due consideration to your intentions. Goodbye “national worker” Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji”. महान राष्ट्रकर्मी को अंतिम प्रणाम.🙏🏻 आपकी कमी कभी पूरी नहीं हो सकेगी. आज दिल्ली में पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री डॉ मनमोहन सिंह जी के अंतिम दर्शन कर उन्हें पुष्पांजलि अर्पित की. इस दौरान उनकी धर्मपत्नी जी के साथ दुःख बाँटा. ईश्वर यह दुःख सहने की सभी को शक्ति दे. pic.twitter.com/E5mxHl4yXg बात 1994-95 की है. मैं पहली बार विधायक बना था. मेरे विधानसभा क्षेत्र में एक स्टील फ़ाउंड्री का मामला मज़दूरों के ज़रिये मेरे पास आया. वह अविभाजित मध्य प्रदेश की दूसरी बड़ी फ़ाउंड्री थी और आर्थिक संकट में थी. मामला कुछ ऐसा था कि सिर्फ़ केंद्र सरकार ही कुछ कर सकती थी. मैंने दुर्ग... pic.twitter.com/tIuJj9DxH8 भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री डॉक्टर मनमोहन सिंह जी के निधन पर शोक व्यक्त करता हूँ। वे एक महान नेता, एक अनुभवी अर्थशास्त्री और एक सच्चे देशभक्त थे। उनका निधन देश के लिए एक अपूरणीय क्षति है। उनके परिवार, मित्रों और समर्थकों के प्रति अपनी गहरी संवेदना व्यक्त करते है और प्रार्थना करते... pic.twitter.com/8glKHrt6mf Dr Charan Das Mahant wrote on his X, “I express my condolences on the demise of former Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh. He was a great leader, an experienced economist and a true patriot. His demise is an irreparable loss for the country. Express my deepest condolences to his family, friends and supporters and pray that God rests his soul and gives strength and courage to his family at this sad time. The legacy of Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji will always remain in our hearts and we will try to serve the country by taking inspiration from his works. Om Shanti.” मनमोहन सिंह जी खुद कम बोलते थे, मगर उनका काम ऐसा बोलता था कि पूरा विश्व उनका हमेशा प्रशंसक रहेगा। अपनी आर्थिक नीतियों से उन्होंने भारत देश को एक नई ऊंचाई तक पहुंचा दिया। पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह जी का निधन देश और कांग्रेस पार्टी के लिए बहुत बड़ी क्षति है। ईश्वर से... pic.twitter.com/RusMSn2qe4 State Congress President Baij wrote on his X, “Manmohan Singh Ji himself spoke less, but his work spoke such that the whole world will always be his admirer. With his economic policies he took India to a new height. The demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a big loss for the country and the Congress party. We pray to God to grant peace to the departed soul and give strength to the family to bear this unbearable loss. Om Shanti.” पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री डॉ मनमोहन सिंह जी के पार्थिव शरीर को अपनी विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की। एक महान नेता और अर्थशास्त्री के रूप में उन्होंने देश को अपना सर्वस्व समर्पित कर दिया। देश के अमीर व्यापारी से ले कर साधारण कर्मचारी तक उनका अमूल्य योगदान नहीं भूल पाएंगे। भारत आपको सदा याद... pic.twitter.com/x196jHOMaH Former Deputy Chief Minister Singhdeo wrote on his X, “Very sad news was received about the demise of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, an efficient administrator and a hero of economic reforms in India. The country will always remember Manmohan Singh Ji for taking India forward in the direction of globalization by getting it out of the economic crisis in 1991. The country will be indebted to Manmohan Singh Ji for his contribution in making India a nuclear super power. Your journey from an ordinary family to reaching the post of Prime Minister is a source of inspiration for everyone. Maintaining political correctness despite all the personal attacks was the biggest feature of your simple and gentle behaviour. The void left in Indian politics by your departure will never be filled. I express my condolences to the family of Dr. Manmohan Singh in this difficult time.”

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