Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin has a bizarre new conspiracy theory about why President Donald Trump wants to make Canada the 51st state and it involves Elon Musk.
Raskin, a constitutional law professor, argued that if Trump brings Panama, Greenland and Canada into the United States it would require a new constitution – and that would allow Musk to run for president.
‘They want to bring in Panama. They want to bring in Greenland. They want to bring in Canada, where Elon Musk is a citizen after he left his apartheid South Africa,’ Raskin said.
‘Why? Because they believe that this new consortium will require a new constitution that would allow Elon Musk to run for president.’
Musk was born in South Africa in 1971. His mother is Canadian, which allowed him to obtain Canadian citizenship in 1989.
He moved to the United States in 1992 to attend the University of Pennsylvania. He initially entered the country on an Exchange Visitor Visa before transitioning to a work visa. He became a U.S. citizen in 2002.
The Constitution requires natural-born citizenship for presidential candidates.
But it can be amended as Raskin argues it would have to be in order for the United States to take possession of Panama, Canada and Greenland – which Trump has repeatedly said he wants to do.
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