Could he be deported to South Africa?

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The world’s richest man – Pretoria-born billionaire Elon Musk – has crossed the world’s most powerful man, US President Donald Trump, and the world is no doubt shocked at what is unfolding.

Could the X founder – who has both US and Canadian citizenship – find himself being deported back to South Africa?

ELON MUSK VS TRUMP: SHOTS FIRED!

Barely a week after Elon Musk left his official post as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the billionaire businessman found himself on the wrong side of President Donald Trump.

In a back-and-forth, Trump admonished the world’s richest man for criticising his tax legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill.

He later threatened to cut Elon’s government contracts and insinuated that “nobody wanted” his Tesla cars. Trump accused his former right-hand man of “just going CRAZY”!

Elon Musk, who largely funded Trump’s presidential campaign, called out his “ungrateful” and “lying” former boss.

He shadily posted on his X account: “Trump has 3.5 years left as President. But I will be around for 40+ years”.

But one of the biggest bombshells was his revelation that President Trump is named in the Epstein files, relating to government intelligence about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

COULD WORLD’S RICHEST MAN BE DEPORTED BACK TO SA?

Elon Musk’s wild X posts and severed ties with President Trump have had many social media users wondering what will happen next.

Some are predicting that Elon could have his US naturalised citizenship revoked and face deportation to South Africa. This could potentially be done through a process of denaturalisation.

Elon Musk has leashed an X tirade against US President Donald Trump. One of his bold claims is that Trump is on the Epstein files. Image: Allison ROBBERT / AFP.

According to law experts, denaturalisation occurs if officials can prove that citizenship was obtained unlawfully — typically through fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts.

Elon boasts three citizenships – South Africa by birth, Canada through his maternal parentage, and the US as a naturalized citizen.

He has repeatedly distanced himself from South Africa, claiming to be an American instead.