Vicente Fox is running for President (of the US)

[GeorgiaModerate]

This is a joke, of course, since the former president of Mexico is ineligible.  He's a funny guy and has been trolling Trump for months.  Now he has a campaign site and an introductory video.

The video is about 5 minutes long and slightly NSFW, but it's hilarious! (except possibly to Trump fans)

[kyc0705]

Endorsed.

[Crumpets]

"Vicente Fox Throws a Baseball over the Moon"

Nice touch.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

According to Wikipedia, his great-grandfather was born in Ohio. Would his grandfather and father be citizens?

[Santander]

According to Wikipedia, his great-grandfather was born in Ohio. Would his grandfather and father be citizens?

Jus sanguinis doesn't transmit that far.

Also, doesn't this guy have better things to do than just being a troll? This is embarrassing behavior for a former head of state.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Even if he was a citizen, he wouldn't meet the 14-year residency requirement.

[mvd10]

He's pretty conservative (yes Mericans, conservatism exists outside of Alabama and Somalia), so endorsed!

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Even if he was a citizen, he wouldn't meet the 14-year residency requirement.

Forgot about that one.

[Indy Texas]

According to Wikipedia, his great-grandfather was born in Ohio. Would his grandfather and father be citizens?

Jus sanguinis doesn't transmit that far.

Also, doesn't this guy have better things to do than just being a troll? This is embarrassing behavior for a former head of state.

How many generations after a US citizen has a child born in another country does the citizenship terminate?

Ex. I've heard that the descendants of American Mormons who settled in Mexico in the 19th century are still considered US citizens.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

According to Wikipedia, his great-grandfather was born in Ohio. Would his grandfather and father be citizens?

Jus sanguinis doesn't transmit that far.

Also, doesn't this guy have better things to do than just being a troll? This is embarrassing behavior for a former head of state.

It's much more embarrassing when done by our current head of state. (Ours isn't half as clever or funny, though.)

[Santander]

According to Wikipedia, his great-grandfather was born in Ohio. Would his grandfather and father be citizens?

Jus sanguinis doesn't transmit that far.

Also, doesn't this guy have better things to do than just being a troll? This is embarrassing behavior for a former head of state.

How many generations after a US citizen has a child born in another country does the citizenship terminate?

Ex. I've heard that the descendants of American Mormons who settled in Mexico in the 19th century are still considered US citizens.

The law has changed a lot over the years. In those days, jus sanguinis citizenship would've only transmitted through a citizen father, as was the case with most countries, and there was at least a 10-year residency requirement for the father. There was also a residency requirement for the child in order to retain citizenship as an adult. The latter has been abolished, but there is still a residency requirement for a US citizen parent to transmit citizenship by blood to a child born abroad. Fox's grandfather might've been a US citizen at birth but he would've forfeited his nationality as an adult due to the laws of the time, and even if he didn't, he would not have been eligible to transmit citizenship to Fox's father because he wouldn't have met meet the residency requirement.

[publicunofficial]

"Lol It's the funny guy who swears at Trump! It'd be awesome if he trolled Trump by running here. I wonder how Fox did when he was President of Mexico?"

*reads Wiki*

Ooooooh

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Ex. I've heard that the descendants of American Mormons who settled in Mexico in the 19th century are still considered US citizens.

That's how George Romney, born in Mexico to such parents, was eligible.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Ex. I've heard that the descendants of American Mormons who settled in Mexico in the 19th century are still considered US citizens.

That's how George Romney, born in Mexico to such parents, was eligible.

The first presidential candidate I ever supported.

EDIT: I meant Romney, not Fox.

[Lumine]

That was some top quality trolling. I usually cringe when politicians attempt things like this, but Fox pulled it off rather well.

[Badger]

The whole series of videos is f****** brilliant

[JA]

Fox is just trying to rebrand himself and improve his domestic and international image following his awful Presidency in Mexico. He may be enjoyable as a troll, but as a person he's awful. It's amazing how many people are willing to overlook a person's background if they simply check the anti-Trump box.

[President Johnson]

Endorsed.

[Mr. Smith]

Fox is just trying to rebrand himself and improve his domestic and international image following his awful Presidency in Mexico. He may be enjoyable as a troll, but as a person he's awful. It's amazing how many people are willing to overlook a person's background if they simply check the anti-Trump box.

Worked in 2016 to stop Hillary.

[Badger]

Fox is just trying to rebrand himself and improve his domestic and international image following his awful Presidency in Mexico. He may be enjoyable as a troll, but as a person he's awful. It's amazing how many people are willing to overlook a person's background if they simply check the anti-Trump box.

Come on man. The guy's been out of office for, what, about ten years? Is he seriously about to run for office again at age 75? Yeah, he wasn't exactly a great president, but that shouldn't cause one to overlook that these videos are in fact spot on satire, and possibly the best ever done by a major politician with the possible exception of Paul wellstone initial campaign run commercials.

By the way, while I understand standards are different between Mexico and the United States, don't forget Fox is actually very much on the conservative wing of Mexican politics. He won the presidency running to the right of the PRI which is, very Loosely to find and ignoring the fact they're basically an Institutional patronage party, Center Right. The dude has a lifetime of corporate management an extensive personal ties with the United States including being educated at Harvard Business School. He should be the last guy in Mexican politics to be slamming Trump considering they run in the same basic wealthy corporate circles. The fact he is makes it all the more needling to Trump I'm sure. Or at least it's more amusing to me.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

#F**kenwall

[TheSaint250]

Why is Wikipedia even listing him as a candidate they even say he's ineligible

[emailking]

Why is Wikipedia even listing him as a candidate they even say he's ineligible

Because he doesn't have to be eligible in order to run.