Trump takes a swipe at close pal Elon Musk and reveals why the billionaire will 'never' be president
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President-elect Donald Trump took a swipe at 'first buddy' Elon Musk as critics question who is really in charge between the close pair as the 78-year-old prepares to return to the White House. It comes after Republicans had to scramble to avert a government shutdown late last week after the tech billionaire and then the president-elect criticized the first bill negotiated, tanking it.
![[Trump speaking at Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest in Phoenix on December 22]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/16/93432071-14221819-image-a-4_1734970139020.jpg)
It lead to a series of digs by Democrats and Trump critics who mockingly started to refer to Trump's close ally as 'President Musk.'. Speaking for more than hour at the conservative Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix on Sunday, Trump vented that even if Musk wanted to be president, he couldn't.
![[Musk standing behind Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance at the Army-Navy game on December 14]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/16/93431475-14221819-image-a-2_1734969806786.jpg)
'No, he’s not going to be president, that I can tell you,' Trump told the crowd. 'And I’m safe. You know why he can’t be? He wasn’t born in this country,' he continued. To become president, the U.S. Constitution requires a person to be a natural-born citizen. But Musk was born in South Africa.
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President-elect Donald Trump claimed Musk is 'not going to be president' because he was born in South Africa as his critics question who is really in charge in the GOP. The world's richest man spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help the Republican president-elect win a second term and has been a near permanent presence at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home ever since.
