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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 69 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Maybe this is where all the 51st state talk is coming from. If Canada joins the USA then he'll suddenly be eligible to officially become president.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Don't you have to be born in the US to become president there?

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems the consensus now is a natural born citizen is one with birthright citizenship; so anyone born to a US citizen counts as well.

If the USA successfully annexes Canada Musk would qualify since he was born to a Canadian citizen who would now be a US citizen.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I moved my comment to below this one…

To be “natural born”, you have to be born either inside the United States or to somebody that was a US citizen at the time.

If you have 11 children and become a US citizen, your children are not automatically citizens as well. They have to apply.

[–] Odo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Technically, the constitution doesn't define "natural born", and we've seen how little this administration cares about even the parts it does define.

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