Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship sparks wild speculation over next role after DOGE exit

Elon Musk has historical ties to Canada and a keen involvement successful its authorities — but his engagement with the state could soon summation markedly, says 1 US lawmaker.

Rep. Jamie Raskin has highlighted Musk's Canadian citizenship, which helium inherited done his mother, arsenic a ground to go person of the federation of 40 cardinal people.

The Democrat's comments travel arsenic Musk reportedly steps down from his relation successful the US Trump administration, and arsenic Canada heads into a tumultuous and unpredictable wide election.

Musk, 53, who lived and studied successful Canada from 1989 to 1992, has maintained an involvement successful his erstwhile location and regularly comments connected its fast-changing governmental scene.

He famously branded Canada's erstwhile Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an 'insufferable tool,' and has endorsed the Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

But the world's richest antheral has truthful acold said thing astir seeking precocious bureau successful Canada, and did not reply DailyMail.com's petition for comment.

Any long-shot bid by Musk to articulation Canada's parliament oregon adjacent its highest bureau would person to flooded a daunting bid of law and applicable hurdles.

They scope from Musk's eligibility for bureau to conflicts of involvement implicit his concern empire, and applicable questions astir which governmental enactment would backmost his candidacy.

Meanwhile, Musk is not deemed to beryllium precise fashionable northbound of the border, where hundreds of thousands of radical person signed a petition to revoke his citizenship.

Raskin, a law instrumentality professor, raised the imaginable of Musk entering Canadian authorities astatine a caller speaking event.

He revealed his outlandish mentation astir wherefore US President Donald Trump wants to marque Canada the 51st state, and it involves Musk.

Raskin argued that if Trump brings Panama, Greenland, and Canada into an expanded US, it would necessitate a caller constitution — and that would let Musk to tally for president.

'They privation to bring successful Panama. They want to bring successful Greenland. They privation to bring successful Canada, wherever Elon Musk is simply a national aft helium near his apartheid South Africa,' Raskin said.

'Why? Because they judge that this caller consortium volition necessitate a caller constitution that would let Elon Musk to tally for president.'

Raskin's comments astir Musk utilizing Canada's authorities arsenic a stepping chromatic to the Oval Office person been panned arsenic a 'bizarre conspiracy theory.'

Still, the Maryland lawmaker has sparked a speech astir Musk's imaginable successful Canada's wide predetermination connected April 28.

Musk was calved successful South Africa successful 1971. His parent Maye Musk is Canadian, which allowed him to get Canadian citizenship and determination determination successful 1989.

The pursuing year, helium entered Queen's University successful Kingston, Ontario, earlier transferring to the University of Pennsylvania successful the US successful 1992.

Last year, Musk famously posted a photograph of himself wearing an 'I Love Canada' shirt, with immoderate cardinal letters conspicuously covered by his jacket.

He's since go much profoundly embroiled successful Canadian politics

He's repeatedly mocked the erstwhile progressive Liberal leader, Trudeau, and praised the Conservative absorption caput Poilievre, who shares the MAGA anti-woke agenda.

Musk is simply a adjacent state of Trump, and runs his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), successful an medication that seeks to make Canada the 51st authorities of America.

Many Canadians entity to this, and took purpose astatine Musk done a symbolic petition successful February.

The papers charges that helium is moving 'against the nationalist involvement of Canada' by becoming a subordinate of a overseas authorities that seeks to 'erase Canadian sovereignty.'

It besides demands that Musk's Canadian citizenship is revoked.

So far, it has received astir 370,000 signatures and been endorsed by an MP from Ontario.

Responding to the petition connected X, Musk said: 'Canada is not a existent country.'

The ample fig of signatures nevertheless raises questions astir whether Musk, an outspoken and nerdy tech maven, would beryllium palmy astatine the ballot box.

Trump had reportedly told members of his Cabinet that Musk volition soon leave DOGE and instrumentality to the backstage sector.

He was branded politically 'toxic' this week aft helium poured millions of dollars into an predetermination successful Wisconsin, lone to beryllium roundly rejected by voters.

Musk's campaigner for the Wisconsin Supreme Court was defeated by 10 percent points connected Tuesday — losing by a greater margin than immoderate of the different Republicans moving for statewide office.

He suffers from a low-and-falling popularity people successful the US, says a survey from Marquette Law School. Just 38 percent of respondents approved of him personally.

Musk's comparative unpopularity crossed North America would marque him an unusual prime for either of Canada's main governmental parties.

Canada operates nether the alleged Westminster system, meaning premier ministers govern with the assurance of a bulk of the members of the House of Commons.

Any Musk effort to go Canada's premier curate would efficaciously necessitate the backing of either the Liberal oregon Conservative parties.

The occupation is, some blocs already person a leader.

The ruling Liberals past period elected erstwhile cardinal banker Mark Carney arsenic leader, to succeed Trudeau. Carney soon aft called this month's drawback wide election.

The absorption Conservatives person since 2022 been fronted by Poilievre.

Any effort to power leaders astatine the past infinitesimal could wounded the party, which is already trailing the Liberals by astir 5 percent points, according to CBC's mean of sentiment polls.

There are besides law questions abut Musk's eligibility for national elected bureau successful Canada.

Musk meets immoderate criteria — he's aged implicit 18 and a national — but does not look to conscionable a request to reside successful the country.

His ownership and enactment roles successful large companies, including SpaceX, Tesla, and societal media level X, could besides enactment him astatine likelihood with Canada's struggle of involvement rules.

Under a 2006 law, nationalist bureau holders cannot wield powerfulness erstwhile they person an 'opportunity to further his oregon her backstage interests,' meaning Musk whitethorn have to permission his businesses to question precocious office.