• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          That doesn’t make you ineligible. Ted Cruz was born in Canada but could and did run to be a presidential candidate. The rule is:

          Be a natural-born citizen of the United States

          That could mean that one or both of your parents are US citizens giving you a US citizenship at birth. It’s just one more reason the whole Obama birther thing was nonsense, his mom is a US citizen so it wouldn’t matter where he was born.

          That said, Elon also does not meet that requirement.

      • aeternum@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        honestly, I bet he’d do really well in the running. I’m sure he’d be worse than trump if such a thing were possible

    • HOBO@lzrprt.sbs
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      1 year ago

      I reworked an old phrase because of him.

      “You either die a hero or live long enough for everyone to work out you’re a fucking idiot.”