LOL ... who said they did?
His father was NOT an American citizen
of any kind. And our Constitution calls for
the “natural born citizen” requirement for
president and vice president.
His mother’s citizenship can feasibly have bore
on o’s status, but the fact that he was born of a
Kenyan or British citizen father casts a whole
additional wrench into the issue.
You might want to do some research on the
intentions of the Founders regarding their
strong opinions about dual allegiance/foreign
loyalties, etc. for the presidents and vice
presidents who would follow them.
Yes, Obama’s father was not a U.S. citizen. There is no requirement that EITHER parent be a citizen for someone to be natural born. (see US vs Wong Kim Ark)
Yes, the Constitution calls for a “natural born citizen” to be either President or Vice President; and according to the law, if 0bama was born in Hawaii he is a natural born citizen.
The “wrench” is of your own imagining. As you admitted “Other nations citizenship statues have NOTHING to do if one is a U.S. citizen at birth or not”.
I know both the argument, and the prescibed solution. The solution was that only no ‘johnny come lately’ could come to the US and rise to the highest office in the land. Only someone who was a U.S. citizen from birth could hold that office.