Elon Musk appears to be winning, since Trump seemed to publicly back him over the benefits of the H-1B program. And as the owner of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms, who also has a direct line to president-elect’s ear, Musk is undoubtedly more powerful than the vast majority of Trump’s other MAGA backers.

The civil war between Donald Trump’s billionaire tech bro backers and everyday MAGA loyalists ramped up on Monday after Trump ally Laura Loomer called Elon Musk a “welfare queen.” “What is it going to mean for the future of our country,

I mean, it was embarrassing,” Steve Bannon said on Monday, referencing Elon Musk’s tweets over the weekend when he said the H-1B visa program needed to be “reformed.”