The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, responded this Sunday to Democrats who criticize the enormous influence that Elon Musk exercises over him and has assured that the richest man in the world “will not assume the presidency.”
During a forum of the ultra-conservative organization Turning Point held in Phoenix (Arizona), the next president pointed out that the Democrats’ new mantra is to say that “President Trump has handed over the presidency to Elon Musk” and continued: “No, No, that’s not going to happen.”
The Republican has praised Musk for his company SpaceX, which has revolutionized space travel, but has stressed that the billionaire cannot be president of the United States since he was born in South Africa and the Constitution prevents him from doing so.
“No, he is not going to assume the presidency, I can assure you of that,” he said. “I am safe, do you know why? He cannot be, he was not born in this country,” he added with a laugh.
The Democratic Party criticizes that Elon Musk has become a kind of shadow president, especially since the billionaire led the effort to overthrow last Wednesday an agreement reached between Democrats and Republicans to finance the Government and avoid an administrative closure.
Early Saturday morning, Congress approved ‘in extremis’ a new plan to extend the budget that avoided a government shutdown but does not include Musk and Trump’s demand to lift the debt ceiling.
During the election campaign on November 5, Elon Musk expressed strong support for Trump through his social network X, the old Twitter. Since the Republican’s victory, the billionaire has become a regular character at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida, and has been tasked with cutting bureaucracy in the new Administration that will begin on January 20. .
