The Framers of the Constitution believed that a child born in the U.S. by two citizen parents was considered a natural born citizen. I believe this to be a fact given the history of that time. This term was specifically used to prevent a child growing up with two national allegiances either, by where they were born or, of parents with conflicting national allegiances. With the situation with the British at that time, you can understand their fear of the British undermining their great new nation through an allegiance situation in the highest office in the land. For example, let’s say JFK had a Cuban father and a American mother. What would have happened with the Cuban missile crisis if JFK thought it was OK for Cuba to have Soviet missiles? If he had a Cuban father, he might have had a sentiment for his Cuban father and let Cuba have their Soviet missiles.
Folks, this is not rocket science.
That’s assuming any schmuck off the street can become president. The reality is most presidents can be traced back to the British crown, e.g. William the Conqueror or King Edward.
You gotta be royal blood to be top dog. Funny how this all works.
Do you think there is any less risk today of foreign agents infiltrating our executive branch and undermining our sovereignty and our constitution than there was in 1787?
OK....lets assume we take that definition where two citizen natural born parents are required. If so....then trump does not qualify for president either.