Hogwash. Read the decision:
“The evident intention, and the necessary effect, of the submission of this case to the decision of the court upon the facts agreed by the parties, were to present for determination the single question, stated at the beginning of this opinion, namely, whether a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the emperor of China, but have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the emperor of China, becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States. For the reasons above stated, this court is of opinion that the question must be answered in the affirmative.”
Wong Kim Ark became a citizen at the time of his birth. That is what a natural BORN citizen is! It is not the only way to become a natural BORN citizen, but it holds true for what we are talking about.
No, citizen is not the same as natural born citizen as evidenced by the words of Art. II sec. 1.
Born a citizen was considered and rejected as not restrictive enough to assure no one with foreign nationality could be President.
Natural born citizens are NATURALLY citizens because they have only ONE nationality and could not be anything else.
Any interpretation that allows for anyone born with foreign nationality directly contravenes the stated purpose of the clause.