Former president Bill Clinton has revealed he could run for presidential election in Ireland or France, although he admitted his poor French would make him 'toast' there.
The 66-year-old said his Irish heritage made him eligible to run for office there, while the fact that he was born in Arkansas means, in theory, he
could contest the French presidential race.
"The only two countries I'm eligible to run for the leadership position is if I move to Ireland and buy a house, I can run for president of Ireland because of my Irish heritage," he said.
"And, because I was born in Arkansas, which is part of the Louisiana Purchase', land which the United States bought from France in 1803 to settle French territorial claims, he could also run for office in France," the Daily Mail quoted Clinton, as saying.Any person anywhere in the world that was born in a place that ever was a part of the French empire, if you move to, if you live in France for six months and speak French you can run for president of France," Clinton added.
According to the report, Clinton said he once scored 'very well' in a theoretical survey of his chances in a French presidential election.
"And I said, you know, 'This is great'.
But that's the best I'd ever do because once they heard my broken French with a southern accent I would drop into single digits within a week and I'd be toast," he added.
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