Comment on Arnold Schwarzenegger: I'd be a great US president

• Jerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As of now, yes. However, there are a lot of people in the US who would like to change the stipulation that naturalized citizens can not be president. So a push for this could pass, especially for someone like Swarzenegger who is a republican and the right kind of immigrant.

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  • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That would require a constitutional amendment, and if you think the country has any chance of passing any of those with polarization as high as it is, I've got a bridge to sell you.

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    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This was actually proposed by the delightful Orrin Hatch en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Opportunity_to_Govern_Amendment

      But Ahnie decided to bareback the housekeeper instead, so it quietly went away.

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    • Jerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      At this moment? No. However things were not always like this and won’t always be like this. If someone like Schwarzenegger was around in the 70s or 80s I could definitely see it, as the idea was popular then as well.

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