In hindsight, this collision was inevitable. The MAGA movement – ​​a chaotic umbrella group that united libertarian tech bros, ultra-nationalist groypers and everyone in between – was bound to implode. The spark? Sriram Krishnan, Trump’s newly appointed senior AI advisor, whose support for lifting country caps on green cards sparked a firestorm that led to a clash between the two members of the MAGA movement. While immigration isn’t even Krishnan’s purview, that didn’t matter to MAGA hardliners. The racism that had long simmered beneath the movement’s surface boiled over as critics focused on Krishnan’s Indian heritage. What followed was a free-for-all, pitting far-right activists like Laura Loomer against Elon Musk, David Sacks, and a group we might call “Tech Bros for Trump.” And in true MAGA fashion, Trump himself? Happily ignoring the chaos with a Big Mac in hand.

Loomer’s botched attack on Sriram Krishnan

Laura Loomer, MAGA’s resident agent of chaos, kicked things off by targeting Krishnan on X (formerly Twitter). She accused him of being a “globalist tech bro” who wanted to displace American workers and even claimed he donated to Kamala Harris’ campaign.
One problem: Loomer had the wrong Sriram Krishnan. X’s Community Notes immediately fact-checked: “This tweet refers to another person with the same name.” The internet swooped in like seagulls chasing a fishing boat. Loomer’s misstep became the biggest one of the day and made her the main character of MAGA’s newest circus.

Enter Elon Musk and David Sacks

As Loomer faltered, David Sacks, a key Trump supporter and Silicon Valley heavyweight, stepped to the side to defend Krishnan. In a series of tweets, he explained that Krishnan’s stance is about fixing inefficiencies in the immigration system – not about opening borders.

Elon Musk joined the fray and added a succinct “Makes sense.” The internet erupted. Musk’s fans turned his words into viral memes, while Loomer’s supporters accused him of betraying MAGA’s sacred “America First” values.

Loomers Free Speech Meltdown

Feeling cornered, Loomer turned to her favorite thing: calling for censorship. She accused Musk of removing her blue check mark and throttling her account’s reach to X. In a fiery statement she wrote: “Free speech for all or free speech for no one!”
Irony alert: She was still using X to complain about being silenced on…X.
Loomer then urged her followers to migrate to Truth Social, promising the “Unfiltered Loomer Experience™.” Most people stayed on X and scrolled for the next round of memes.

The Groypers enter the fray

Nick Fuentes and his far-right troll army, the Groypers, used the opportunity to amplify their opinion Anti-immigration message. To them, Krishnan symbolized everything they detested: globalism, diversity, and Silicon Valley’s influence on MAGA.
Their memes and rhetoric flooded X, accusing Musk, Sacks and Krishnan of undermining America First values. They portrayed Musk as a tech oligarch and Krishnan as a “tool of the globalist elites.”

The bigger picture: MAGA’s identity crisis

The showdown between Musk and Loomer is more than just a petty feud — it’s emblematic of MAGA’s growing identity crisis. On one side are pragmatists like Musk and Sacks who believe in harnessing global talent and innovation to keep America competitive. On the other hand, there are hardliners like Loomer and Fuentes who hold to a vision of nationalism based on exclusion.

And Trump? He’s somewhere in the middle, letting the chaos happen while remaining above the fray. The question is not just who will win this fight, but also whether MAGA can survive its own contradictions. For now, the memes and drama are keeping the movement alive, even as its foundation shows signs of cracking. One thing is certain: in MAGA land, the spectacle never ends.