【Brigitte Meyer】

This week,Brigitte Meyer Florida governor Ron DeSantis will launch his U.S. presidential campaignvia an interview with Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces. Seeing these words in the same sentence has some people playing sloppy word association, wondering if Musk might run for the position of vice president alongside DeSantis. Short answer: He can't.

Musk is legally barred from becoming the U.S. president. Under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution, "No Person except a natural born Citizen … shall be eligible to the Office of President." Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa.This also bars Musk from becoming vice president, as the role would require him to step into the position of president in the event the elected president died or resigned.

As such, there's currently no danger of Musk becoming the Vice President of the United States. Facts have never stopped rampant, unfounded social media speculation, though.

• Elon Musk claimed he gave $100 million to OpenAI. Filings show he gave far less.
• Elon Musk says work from home is 'bull**it' and 'morally wrong'
• Elon Musk claims Twitter has hired a new CEO but doesn't reveal who she is
• Twitter joins Turkey's presidential debate, censoring posts ahead of election
• Elon Musk says Twitter will start 'purging' dormant accounts

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