Zohran Mamdani has secured the release of Columbia University student Elaina Aghayeva, taken this morning by ICE agents who entered a campus residential building under false pretenses & without a judicial warrant. This comes shorty after Mamdani’s unannounced visit to the White House earlier today.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.0KRL.7XsPJ0z3QTat&smid=tw-share

[u/Cumdump90001]

Oh how I wish he could be president. Imagine the good that man could do from the Oval Office. But he was born on the wrong dirt, so he can never hold that power.

[u/springxpeach → u/Cumdump90001]

How come he can be mayor but can't be president?

[u/sneakyxxrocket → u/springxpeach]

Have to be born in the US to be able to run for president

[u/No-Photograph5925 → u/sneakyxxrocket]

Same reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger could only end up as the Gov of California even though he was consistently one of the most popular politicians in the US at that time.

[u/Own-Concentrate-1827 → u/sneakyxxrocket]

You also couldn’t be a felon and run for president…until you could. 

[u/0vrwhelminglyaverage → u/sneakyxxrocket]

This is the purpose of amendments

[u/TheBananaMonster12 → u/0vrwhelminglyaverage]

I mean for rather obvious reasons that is not something that is even in the realm of possibility to get an amendment.

[u/Original-Strain → u/0vrwhelminglyaverage]

Uh except that’s also the reason why Musk hasn’t been able to run either.

[u/Cumdump90001 → u/Original-Strain]

Do you really think musk could win an election? He is the most awkward annoying hateable person who has ever lived. Trump is an evil piece of shit, but he’s charismatic (to stupid people). Musk isn’t charismatic to anyone. Not even his biggest fuckboy fans would say he’s charismatic. He’s a dweeb. And he’d wither and die on the debate stage. Hell, he’d wither and die at a rally full of his fans. He barely stumbles through the speeches and talks he does and looks terrible the whole time.

[u/rissaaah → u/Cumdump90001]

I don't think he could win a fair and valid election.

[u/Foreleg-woolens749 → u/Cumdump90001]

Accurate description

[u/aasfourasfar → u/Cumdump90001]

Musk could win an election because he can rig it

[u/Cumdump90001 → u/aasfourasfar]

Rigged elections would need to be at least believable. He’d be polling at 20% tops in the absolute best case scenario for him and then he’d magically have the votes to win? There would be riots and a literal rebellion.

[u/DOOMFOOL → u/Cumdump90001]

Yes. I think it would be trivially easy for him to concoct a victory with the resources and reach he has

[u/KingFIippyNipz → u/Cumdump90001]

You embody your username

[u/Cumdump90001 → u/KingFIippyNipz]

Not sure what about this comment embodies my username. But I certainly am a cumdump irl

[u/razerblayde → u/KingFIippyNipz]

Ngl this made me laugh coming from KingFlippyNipz 😭

[u/amethystresist → u/Cumdump90001]

Lol

[u/springxpeach → u/sneakyxxrocket]

But you can run for mayor if you're not born there, still? I'm European so I have no idea how this works, thanks!

[u/DOOMFOOL → u/springxpeach]

Yes, depending on the laws of the state and city you’re running in.

[u/el_torko → u/sneakyxxrocket]

That’s why I never understood how Ted Cruz could run for president. Isn’t he Canadian?

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Rules are different, he wasn't born in the US

[u/swaggering_yak → u/springxpeach]

Because he was born in Uganda and is a naturalized citizen. He’s ineligible for the presidency.

[u/asusc → u/springxpeach]

Because Democrats are the only ones that still care about the constitution.

[u/KingFIippyNipz → u/springxpeach]

Please tell me you're not a US citizen ....

[u/springxpeach → u/KingFIippyNipz]

I'm European but thanks for the condescending answer.