Trump's remarks followed a series of social media posts from Musk, the CEO of Tesla (TSLA.O) and SpaceX, who vowed late Friday to go to "war" to defend the visa program for foreign tech workers.

The four most-liked posts on X this year all came from the site’s billionaire owner Elon Musk and all were about President-elect Donald Trump, highlighting how Musk

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the type of visa Elon Musk used to enter the country. He has said he used a type of student visa and later held an H-1B visa for skilled workers.