As protests around the country feature protesters tearing down the American flag and replacing it with the Palestinian flag, or at least trying to, billionaire SpaceX founder and X owner Elon Musk argued that there’s a simple solution to that issue. In his view, those who tear down the American flag to replace it with another country’s should be given a one-way ticket to that other country.
Such is what Mr. Musk posted about on Thursday, May 2, sharing his thoughts on such a deportation campaign in the context of the campus protests and then posting a poll to ask his followers what they think of the idea.
In the May 2 post, he said, “Proposed law: if someone tears down the American flag and puts up another flag in its place, that person should get a free (but mandatory) one-way trip to that flag’s country.” The poll got about 1.5 million votes, and close to three-quarters of those polled said that they agreed with the proposed law.
