Really?? Trump was born in the US so his family has been here longer than 70 years. His father was born in NY in 1905. His mother came to US in 1936 and became a citizen in 1942. Way before Cruz family.
Cruz dad arrived in what 1959 but only became citizen after 2005. Is that common core math you are using?
Trump's mother was born in Scotland. His father was born in NY but his paternal grandparents were both born in Germany. Trump has NO roots in the U.S. that go back more than two generations.
Cruz's father was born in Cuba. His mother was born in Delaware. His maternal grandparents were also both born in the U.S. His maternal grandmother, born in Delaware, was the child of immigrants hailing from Italy and Ireland. His maternal grandfather was born in Pennsylvania. His parents were born in Pennsylvania. His great grandfather's line tracks back to an Edward Darrragh who was born in Pennsylvania in 1851, which is as far back as a quick internet genealogy takes me. (Who Cruz might claim farther back, I don't know; could be interesting if anyone can find a source.) The other branch tracks back to an Ellen Haggerty, born in Pennsylvania in 1878; Ellen's parents were born in Ireland in 1848 and 1850.
Genealogy is not my thing and I may be garbling this a bit, but the point is, Cruz has a couple of generations seniority on Trump as an American. Don't tell Donald, or he'll flip his orange wig, soil his lederhosen, and barf up his last helping of haggis.
Trump is the newbie, American heritage wise.
I know all this is irrelevant to the fact that Cruz was born in Canada, but since when does strict linear logic have any standing in dealing with The Donald? If Trump wants to huff and puff about citizenship, Ted should smile and just say his family's been here longer than Donald's. And for what it's worth, the grandson, great grandson, and great great grandson of Pennsylvania and Delaware farmers and mill workers doesn't care to be lectured about citizenship by the grandson of German slum landlords from NYC.
It's an interesting matchup, identity politics-wise. Trump is German and Scottish, which are fine things to be. (My own family mix, as it happens.) Cruz is Hispanic, Italian, and Irish. Take your pick, but Cruz wins the food competition.