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Thus, when both parents are U.S. Citizens, their offspring are natural born U.S. Citizens, free and clear. No other country has a claim of right. Comprende?

I certainly do comprende, but I doubt that Larry Walker does, or he would not make the foolish statement that "No other country has a claim of right."

That would not explain the case of Donald Trump, unquestionably a Natural Born Citizen under Walker's criteria: two US citizen parents, and born in the US. That ought to be the end of the story, yes?

Well, no, not if dual citizenship is dragged into the argument, because we in the US don't get to determine who other countries might consider one of theirs. This is not a new problem. Britain used to have quite a sordid history of dragooning US citizens off sailing ships under the excuse that they considered them subjects of the Crown.

And, under British law, unless certain criteria were met back in 1942 of which there is no evidence at hand, Donald Trump would be without a doubt a British national as he stands, lives and breathes this very day.

Donald Trump is until this very day entitled to a British passport merely for the asking and the payment of a nominal fee. His British nationality is derived from his mother, who while admittedly a naturalized citizen of the United States, also just as factually remained a British national, because under the law of Britain the fact of taking on US citizenship does not invalidate or end British nationality.

It is too simplistic to equate Natural Born Citizenship to the concept of undivided citizenship for the simple reason that every country on earth has the right to determine for themselves their own qualification requirements for citizenship and they are often not mutually exclusive.

The argument that Ted Cruz cannot be a Natural Born Citizen because he also could claim a foreign citizenship is fallacious and absurd. The same thing is also true of Donald Trump, and Trump is without any doubt a Natural Born Citizen of the United States.

So is Ted Cruz.

You’re wrong, because Trump’s mother was a U.S. Citizen at the time of his birth.

Now the Birthers.org website, which has been among those questioning Obamaâ€™s eligibility, reports that Trumpâ€™s mother did indeed become a U.S. citizen before the birth of Donald. It displays a small image of a signed naturalization receipt for Mrs. Trump on March 10, 1942, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, four years before Donald was born.