WASHINGTON: Might Elon Musk, who holds main sway within the incoming Trump administration, at some point change into president? On Sunday (Dec 22), Donald Trump answered with a convincing no, pointing to US guidelines about being born within the nation.
“He isn’t gonna be president, that I can inform you,” Trump instructed a Republican convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
“You realize why he cannot be? He wasn’t born on this nation,” Trump mentioned of the Tesla and SpaceX boss, who was born in South Africa.
The US Structure requires {that a} president be a natural-born US citizen.
Trump was responding to criticism, notably from the Democratic camp, portraying the tech billionaire and world’s richest individual as “President Musk” for the outsized position he’s taking part in within the incoming administration.
As per ceding the presidency to Musk, Trump additionally assured the gang: “No, no that is not occurring.”
