So...can Don really boot him out of US?

CAN Donald Trump legally send the Tesla boss packing?

- BY ETHAN EVANS

Here's a breakdown of everything you need to know.

It's been raised as to whether Elon Musk is a legal US citizen for years. Born in Pretoria in 1971, the South African first moved to Canada in 1989 before making the switch stateside in 1992 to attend the University of Pennsylvania.

He would go on to become an official US citizen in 2002 through the naturalisation process after a number of years of living and working in America.