---
title: "Elon Musk Proposes Setting an Age Limit on US Politicians"
description: "Elon Musk seemed to take another shot at President Joe Biden early Thursday morning via Twitter — and added a trademark man-childish joke while doing so."
date: "2021-12-02"
modified: "2021-12-02"
authors:
  - name: "Tony Ho Tran"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ttran"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-age-limit-presidents"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "age limits"
  - "elon musk"
  - "joe biden"
  - "the digest"
---

# Elon Musk Proposes Setting an Age Limit on US Politicians

![Elon Musk seemed to take another shot at President Joe Biden early Thursday morning via Twitter — and added a trademark man-childish joke while doing so.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/elon-musk-age-limit.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Getty Images\</em\>*

## Go the Limit

SpaceX CEO and [noted cyberbully](<https://www.psypost.org/2021/12/clinical-psychologists-appear-to-have-cautiously-favorable-attitudes-toward-psychedelic-assisted-mental-health-treatments-62189>) Elon Musk seemed to [take another shot](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-mocks-joe-biden-congratulating-spacex>) at President Joe Biden early Thursday morning via Twitter — and added a trademark man-childish joke while doing so.

"Let’s set an age limit after which you can’t run for political office, perhaps a number just below 70," [the billionaire tweeted](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1466328271390486531>).

Yes, that appears to be a crude, shoehorned-in [69 joke](<https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/69>) on top of his political idea. His frequent references to the naughty number has led some to declare that [it’s not funny anymore](<https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dem9/sorry-but-69-isnt-funny-anymore-elon-musk-tweet>) — and honestly, it’s hard to disagree.

## Elon vs Biden

Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time Musk took to Twitter to poke fun at the president.

In September, he mocked Biden after a user [called out the president](<https://twitter.com/rhensing/status/1439551459763314692>) for not acknowledging the Inspiration4 mission’s success — to which [Musk replied](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1439665626914635783>) that the commander-in-chief was "still sleeping," an apparent reference to former President Donald Trump’s nickname for Biden, "Sleepy Joe."

Musk has also implied that Biden is [controlled by the United Auto Workers Union](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1454926841467256835>) multiple times [in the recent past](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1439699675494461440>) due to his support of the organization. The [Tesla CEO famously has an anti-union stance](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-furious-law-unionized-ev-companies>) and has even gone as far as violating labor laws by [firing a union activist](<https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/tesla-elon-musk-anti-union-tweet-must-be-deleted-nlrb.html>) at the company.

The billionaire has had a complex relationship with political officials over the years, despite the fact that much of his space travel company's success relies on big government contracts. While we doubt Biden cares too much about Musk's potshots, the CEO might want to be careful not to piss off the guy who can help [his company avoid financial ruin](<https://futurism.com/leaked-elon-musk-spacex-email-bankruptcy>).

**More on Musk and Biden:** [*Elon Musk Mocks Joe Biden for Not Congratulating SpaceX Fast Enough*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-mocks-joe-biden-congratulating-spacex>)

## Author
Tony Tran is a former reporter for Futurism, and now an editor at the Daily Beast. His work has been seen in Playboy, HuffPost, Narratively, and wherever else fine writing is published. He lives in Chicago where he frequently plans tabletop gaming sessions for his friends.