Musk effect: Behind Trump’s changing stance on H-1B visas

US president-elect Donald Trump has finally weighed in on the recent controversy around the H-1B visa system which had come under fire from MAGA netizens amid a number of Indians picked to join Trump’s administration. Trump took a favourable stance and backed Elon Musk who had been defending legal immigration against the critics. Here’s a look at Trump’s past stance on H-1B and the U-turn of late even as racist remarks online continued unabated and support too poured in.