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[–] [email protected] 161 points 1 month ago (6 children)

while we would all love this, hes too rich and too important to the US military to be subjected to actual regular-people laws. sorry.

[–] Iheartcheese 43 points 1 month ago

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah thats a normal people punishment.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Well said . Clickbait fantasy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just make him live out of the embassy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah, South African embassy will probably get some nice upgrades

Win - win ?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Maybe there's a lesson there about not allowing individuals to amass that sort of power.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We could take SpaceX from him. The United States has enough guns to make that happen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it would take zero guns. spacex doesnt want to be run by that guy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

See? We've got more than enough.

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[–] Tylerdurdon 80 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You guys understand that even the immigration system is pay-to-win, right? Regardless of what happens, I don't think Elon will have any issues.

[–] clutchtwopointzero 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exactly. He would just reapply under the category of "director of a company" or as "individual of extraordinary abilities".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

“individual of extraordinary abilities”

No, you are not allowed to lie in immigration application forms, it says so right in the title!

[–] EnderMB 4 points 1 month ago

While I don't disagree at all, even in many of these instances lying to immigration officials is a fast track to being denied entry ever again.

Obviously, Musk is going to get back in, but as a political pawn, kicking Musk out of the country being a legitimate option must be absolutely incredible.

[–] LEDZeppelin 64 points 1 month ago

Yeah. Court couldn’t even issue a warrant today after he didn’t bother to show up. Wake me up when rich people face consequences.

[–] slickgoat 51 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Isn't that cute? They think that laws apply to billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

But liberty and justice is in the brainwash pledge that the kids have to do every day. It can't be a lie can it?

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[–] One_Honest_Dude 43 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Filthy rich, white. He gets the wag of the finger treatment and nothing worse. Just like Trump.

[–] Maggoty 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In this specific case? It comes down to a civil servant getting paid 80k a year. If they get his case file for review and they flag it then the government starts doing it's thing. Of course it will end up in court but a normal court can't do much about it. Which is how Elon's bestest buddies set it up. And once it's on his file that he lied in order to gain citizenship or residency he's straight up barred.

In other words, if he lied then it will take a literal act of congress to save his citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I appreciate the wisdom of your words, but the past few years have planted me squarely in the camp of "I'll see it when I believe it" when it comes to any sort of consequence for powerful, wealthy Republicans.

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[–] WhatYouNeed 4 points 1 month ago

"Uhhhh we seem to have lost his file..."

[–] Feathercrown 32 points 1 month ago
[–] AFKBRBChocolate 29 points 1 month ago

Remember all those headlines saying things like 'Trump could be found guilty of violating emoluments clause?" Yeah, put this in the same bucket.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Elon “could” grow a nipple on his forehead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah the "could" is doing a lot of work for that headline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the "if" is doing a lot of work too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A very good point. Just speculating for the hell of it.

[–] sensiblepuffin 3 points 1 month ago

I think he should. He'd be much more interesting that way.

[–] Rakonat 17 points 1 month ago

Deport the illegals! Confiscate their illicit gains!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Narrator: He won't

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Heeeyyy I doubt it!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Elmo Muskrat SHOULD have his US citizenship revoked.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Send him to Africa. Freeze the bank accounts. Donate them to unions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Thanks to Obama, Elon is theus governments special boy that can do what he wants

[–] Nuke_the_whales 7 points 1 month ago

SHOULD. We all know he won't

[–] auzy 6 points 1 month ago

That would explain partly why he's supporting Trump now.

Trump may have threatened to enforce it unless he complied

[–] toiletobserver 6 points 1 month ago

Don't threaten us with a good time.

[–] Gingerlegs 6 points 1 month ago

Please god.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

All I want for Christmas, is this~

[–] SomeGuy69 5 points 1 month ago

Remove his wealth too, it was achieved through illegality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Nothing's much gonna to happen to him... why?

First off, cuz he's a big "entrepreuner", a pro-western foreign policy guy, and a reactionary, which U.S always welcomes for their support of "freedom" and western civilization

Second, cuz he's a settler, he has citizenships in Canada and South Africa, to rely on, if the others fail

[–] whostosay 4 points 1 month ago

"could" is the most revealing word in this context.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

There's an illegal immigrant for Trump to deport.

[–] someguy3 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As funny as the thought is, they won't remove the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Tesla and X no one really cares about. SpaceX could get nationalized (!!!) though. Musk being cozy with Putin is already a problem for the US.

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