[nickcarraway]

How come Trump said Cruz is eligible. Should we have a president who is that ignorant of the Constitution?

[Ray76]

Should we? No. Do we? Yes.

[fr_freak]

How come Trump said Cruz is eligible. Should we have a president who is that ignorant of the Constitution?

There are plenty of supposed experts on the Constitution that said that Cruz, or for that matter, Obama, was eligible simply by virtue of having a single American citizen parent. The term "natural born citizen" was never actually defined in the Constitution itself, and thus it is vulnerable to creative interpretation. Trump has probably been listening to one or more of the so-called experts who believe that "natural-born" means simply citizen at birth.

Having an incorrect interpretation of language two and a half centuries old is not the same as being ignorant. For all we know, Trump is extremely knowledgeable about this issue and the Constitution in general.

[jjotto]

Well, there’s a problem with foreign law determining the law in another sovereign state. Should the laws of foreign countries determine who is eligible to be POTUS?

Some seem to be making the argument that the US Constitution does grant such power to foreign law!