Elon Musk / X
Elon Musk with US flag
Donald Trump sees the billionaire as a “new star”. But Musk will not be his successor (only if the Constitution changes).
One of the several factors that contributed to the US presidential election was the support from Elon Musk.
The multimillionaire, owner of Space X, Tesla and X, offered not only million of dollars as he also took with him millions of voters.
The businessman appears to be looking at a political future. And Donald Trump supports: “Let me tell you we have a new star. A Star Is Born: Elon. He is fantastic.”
After the results of these elections were announced, Musk published this photo:
Let that sink in
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
Yes, it’s a montage. But yes, it is the oval office of White House.
However, Elon Musk will not be the next US president. Because you can’t, notify the magazine.
A Constitution of the USA imposes several requirements for the president of the country. For example, you must be over 35 years of age and have lived in the USA for at least 14 years.
An essential requirement in this context: the president of the USA must have been born in the USA.
Elon Musk was born in South Africa. He has had US citizenship since 2002 but was not born there.
Therefore, he cannot be president. Not even vice president, for that matter.
But can occupy any other position within the White House administration.
In fact, he is already going to occupy the position: he will be the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency – which didn’t even exist.
It seemed unlikely, given his busy business life, but he will.
And in principle, he will continue managing all his companies. As he is not directly part of the Government, there is no law that forces him to give up his business.
