Natural born citizenship means entitled to the privileges of citizenship by circumstances of birth (as opposed to a pledge, which is called being “naturalized.”)
If the possibly after-the-fact Hawaiian birth record of Barack Obama counts, then Cruz’s circumstances certainly count.
Nice try, but your own country can make anyone a citizen by statute. For instance, Congress COULD pass a law that confers citizenship on all French citizens born on a plane en route to the U.S. It’s an extreme example to prove this point: Citizens can obtain their citizenship based o. Statute, or based on DEFINITION. ALL that matters with regard to the term “natural born” is WHAT DID THAT PHRASE MEAN WHEN IT WAS USED AT THE TIME THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED.
You could not be more wrong. Sorry.