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“No, he’s not going to be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said. “And I’m safe. You know why he can’t be? He wasn’t born in this country.”

As you know a true leader has to keep saying they're the real leader

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Trump’s also disqualified from the office by the Constitution. The Supreme Court allowed it. They can allow Elon too.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not exactly the same comparison. This would be far more blatant capture for the Supreme Court. The natural born citizen requirement is much more cut and dry. There were still some non-partisan legal people who genuinely thought Trump shouldn't be disqualified (though many many disagreed with them)

The Supreme Court does pass on insane legal ideas sometimes even if they allow plenty of horrible stuff too. Like in 2023 in Moore v. Harper, they ruled 6-3 against the Independent state legislature theory. Though on the flip side their presidential immunity ruling was indeed insane

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

Not exactly the same, no; the point being that the court can pull the rug from under Trump who thinks the rules that don’t apply to him still somehow apply to Musk.