• Cataphract@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    I’m calling it now so I can link to it in 3 years, Musk is wanting to make a presidential run.

    like @peoplebeproblems@midwest.social said, this show has a purpose and I think Trump is planning on going even harder and now they have someone they can pass the torch off to since they’ve already vetted his ideology and love his money. Gotta distance yourself at some point so you can swing in and be the “savior”. He can lay the whole DOGE think on the current administration getting in the way and will totally be a conservative this time. The comments and rhetoric around Elon are already starting to be softer now that he’s in this feud with Trump.

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      1 day ago

      Not that it’ll stop them from trying but the constitution does say you have to be a natural-born citizen.

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        24 hours ago

        “What is Habeas Corpus?” joking, but I guess my minds been so fractured from this administration it doesn’t even consider the constitutional protections America has.

        It does make me wonder about the presidential line of succession though. The Speaker of the house is 3rd in line, they could all get together tomorrow and vote him in.

        The Constitution does not explicitly require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives… permitting a non-member to serve as Speaker would effectively exempt Speakers from the eligibility requirements of the House Qualifications Clause of Article I, Section II and from being bound by an oath of office under the Oath or Affirmation Clause of Article VI as opposed to House members. (link)

        Would be fascinating to see how something like that would play out, scary, but still fascinating in a historical precedence kinda way.

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          Well honestly its not talked about enough but Ted Cruz ran for president and he was born in Canada. The fact that it was never brought up in any debate by any moderator or opponent is a little worrying.

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            He had birthright US citizenship just like McCain (born in Panama). That’s what made the whole Obama birth certificate so stupid. He would still be a US citizen at birth even if he was born outside of the US. But he’s brown and has a foreign sounding name. If he was Barry O’Bama and white, no one would have batted an eye.

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            Ted Cruise’s mother was a citizen when she gave birth to him. That makes him a naturalized citizen. Honestly, if that wasn’t true we would be ICE raiding of banning from office a ton of military children.

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              No. That makes him a US citizen at birth. A naturalized citizen is when someone who is not a US citizen acquires US citizenship.

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          22 hours ago

          Anyone in the line of succession that is disqualified to hold the office is skipped. Again according to the rules that the GOP might just ignore without consequence, but I don’t think they like Musk enough to bother.

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      1 day ago

      He can’t be president, he wasn’t born here. They already tried that with Ahn-old, and he actually stood a chance of winning. No way anybody with enough juice will back Skum’s presidential bid.

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        Considering how unprecedented things have been I’m not sure pointing to the past as what to expect in the future makes much sense anymore

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        2 hours ago

        If Trump every gets his way with annexing Canada, Musk’s birthright canadian citizenship could allow him to be eligible to run for president.