It isn’t idiocy. It is a Constitution requirement to become President.
A natural born citizen is born in the U.S. of citizen parents. This is not a statutory requirement for citizenship - you don’t have to be born here to be a citizen or if born here have parents who are citizens. Natural born citizenship has no import other than being a requirement for elegibility to be President.
That is your opinion and one that is not standing up so well.
Guess what both of John McCain’s parents were natural born citizens. His mom is still around and is 96.