Vitriol on X against Sriram’s appointment has so far led to what seems to me a very positive outcome:

Sacks and Elon have publicly stood up for putting meritocracy over nationalism when it comes to solving the most critical problems facing the US and the world. 

A very silver lining to an idiotic cloud.

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I’m obviously team Sriram but I suspect these battle lines aren’t changing any time soon. 

MAGA’s foundation is immigration. All of it.

Ive observed the MAGA base square a lot of ideological circles though. 

If Trump supports high end immigration, his followers can figure out a way to adjust their worldview for that exception. 

Hope it will happen. Sacks (vocally) and Elon (more carefully) seem off to the right start.

Tim. Look at your own screenshot. Sacks went from dogging on “old Twitter” (while neglecting to mention the immigrants at the top who actually did the censorship, getting him L+ratioed)  to publicly praising Stephen Miller….

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This doesn’t seem to be addressing my point. (What do you think my point is?)

Ok, yeah, you've got my main point. But I think you're misinterpreting the things being said:

re Sacks supporting Miller – Sacks is specifically saying here not that he supports everything about Miller, but that Miller can (and should) do a fine job on the "95% we all agree about" (ie, illegal immigration). The implication being that he should leave the legal part alone.

re Elon walking back – he supported Sacks and Sriram regarding the need to refigure the arbitrary Country Cap system within legal immigration, *in order to* make sure we are maximizing our ability admit based on merit (https://x.com/davidsacks/status/1871421214897704976?s=46&t=jfFbiO6yqIgiuy-BqPaNpg). This is what I think the "need to fix legal immigration" statement means. 

Ultimately, I think all that matters is if and how Trump weighs in. Though I do believe Elon in particular may have the ability to influence his position here.

Your point seems to be that Sacks and Elon are holding their ground wrt to high skilled immigration and/or there is possibility for compromise. 

Sacks basically has fully rolled off. Miller is not interested in h1b reform but in abolition. Elon meanwhile has gone full Vivek and is essentially saying native born Americans are retards. None of this is particularly indicative of an integrated view