BREAKING: America First Actually Means India First

Trump's latest cabinet pick has sparked a heated online debate about legal immigration. Many on the right are calling for less immigration from countries like India, while Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk are calling for an increase.

On Monday (Dec 23) Trump announced Indian-American entrepreneur, Sriram Krishnan, as his pick for Senior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence.

Right-wing commentators were quick to criticise the new nominee, who is of Indian origin, suggesting that he will have a hand in increasing immigration from India. 𝕏 user Nas wrote, "Did any of yall vote for this Indian to run America?"

There has been a growing negative sentiment towards Indian migrants that has ramped up in the last years. Many people have rejected the culture, behaviour, and lifestyle Indians have imported into Western nations. The UK, Australia, and Canada are great examples of how legal immigration can be abused and permanently damage the cultural fabric of white nations.

Coming to the defence of Sriram Krishnan was David Sachs, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and an army of Indian migrants.

Sachs was quick to point out that Krishnan would not be advising on immigration, he wrote, "Sriram has been a U.S. citizen for a decade. He’s not “running America.” He’s advising on A.I. policy. He will have no influence over U.S. immigration policy."

The debate took on a different shape when Elon Musk brought up the issue of the talent shortage in engineering, which Silicon Valley tech bros have been talking about for years. Musk has suggested that there are not enough qualified Americans to fill those positions.

American's tech scene is disproportionately dominated by Indians and Asians. Indians dominate leadership positions in Silicon Valley, and once in positions where they can hire, they predominately hire other Indians. A lot of the remote engineering teams for Google, Meta, and Microsoft are operating offshore in places like India.

So when Silicon Valley people talk about 'skilled engineering talent' they are mostly referring to India where there are a numerous IT literate workers.

Elon's post to double the number of engineering migrants caused a lot of people to turn on him. Here's what Musk wrote:

"The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low. Think of this like a pro sports team: if you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever they may be. That enables the whole TEAM to win."

𝕏 users were not happy with Elon's comment. The responses were mostly questioning whether America, which already has 330 million people, needs to import more foreigners, surely there are enough skilled workers in the local talent pool already.

Musk's response to this was, "It comes down to this: do you want America to WIN or do you want America to LOSE. If you force the world’s best talent to play for the other side, America will LOSE. End of story."

Vivek Ramaswamy supported Elon's views, saying, "America-First means we want America to WIN. Playing for second place doesn’t cut it."

But the sports analogy didn't go over well with 𝕏 users. "I’d rather lose than become India," wrote one user.

Comedian Leonarda Jonie also criticised Elon, writing, "They want us to believe that Indians have superior tech skills despite the fact their own country is so technologically impaired they have to shit in the street and scam old ladies."

Sam Hyde also weighed in on the conversation, "We don’t want or need to turn this country into India."

Jack Posobiec and Laura Loomer have also been relentless in their criticisms of Elon Musk and David Sachs' immigration proposals.

The backlash in the last 24-hours has been so monumental that even David Sachs has backed down, pivoting towards the "common ground" of illegal immigration. "As a start, maybe we should focus on the 95% [illegal aliens] where we all agree."

It was speculated before the election that Trump’s Silicon Valley donors would eventually push for more legal immigration once Trump was firmly in office. Nick Fuentes was one of the first to make this observation and says he was largely attacked for pointing this out.

While this debate rages on, now mostly between tech bros and right-wing Twitter, many are still asking why a country like India with so much 'highly skilled talent' is still a third-world where everyone is trying to leave? With such talent, how come they cannot address the glaring flaws in their own nation?

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