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[–] 3 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

He has lived there since 1989 and has a US citizenship since 2002.

One can always obviously argue that it doesn't count and that he is South African because of his Father and because he was born there, and/or Canadian because his mother is Canadian, but in that case the telephone is a Scottish (Alexander Graham Bell), gramophone a Russian (Emile Berliner) and the zipper a Swedish (Gideon Sundback) invention - all made by US immigrants with citizenships.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I almost edited my comment to revise my position, and I was waiting for someone to call me out. I'm glad you did. Immigrants built the US (Canada too), and fully earnestly I believe it's what makes America great. I would be angry if someone questioned, say, Ilhan Omar's citizenship and patriotism because she was born elsewhere. I can't not hold that opinion simply because Musk is a piece of shit.

    So without snark, I don't question his citizenship. I don't believe he holds the values I think make an "American" (or, uncomfortably, maybe he does…), but for better or for worse, a citizen he is.

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