Thank you for your detailed reply. What I wonder is this. The U.S. does recognize the status of dual citizenship in some cases. I am a dual citizen of the U.S. and another country. Both countries mutually recognize each other’s citizenship and the status of dual citizenship. So everything is above board, so to speak. And yet... and yet there IS a problem of divided loyalties (even though histyorically the two countries have been at peace with each other). An underlying potential conflict does exist. So what I am saying is this. Even though I understand that while dual citizenship has not been officially excluded from the status of the natural citizen, which itself has not been officially defined, it would still be pretty weird in my eyes if a dual citizen were considered eligible for presidency in the U.S., where the requirements for presidency are so stringently and narrowly defined. It simply wouldn’t make sense to me if this were the case. To me, being a dual citizen is worse that being born elsewhere and growing up in the U.S.
You make a good point. I suppose I would point out that we have plenty of US citizens who are virulently anti-American and do not even have dual citizenship - just visit your local college and hang out in the faculty lounge!