” Why no one mentions his Indonesian Citizenship is beyond me. You have to be a natural born US citizen, not a dual citizen.”
Because even though it’s not written anywhere, it’s common sense that any dual citizenship conferred upon you involuntarily is not something that can be held against you. If the actions of your parents or another land while you do nothing yourself give you a dual citizenship, it doesn’t count against your loyalty to the USA.
Otherwise some people could never be eligible be UAE some countries will grant American citizens citizenship of their countries because their parents are from there, or even their grandparents.
In terms of running for president, bolivia could have granted George bush citizenship of Bolivia during the campaign and made him ineligible to run. That would be silly.
So common sense as well as the laws that now exist for stripping people of their USA citizenships focus on what the person has actively done as an adult. This is why his childhood dual citizenship doesn’t matter. His mother did it, it doesn’t reflect on him legally. But if he renewed his Indonesian passport as an adult, like we think he did, and traveled under it to pockeestahn, as we think he did, that is different, and should make him if not ineligible at least very disloyal to the USA and thus very unattractive to voters as our leader.
As I understand it, there is no evidence that suggests he renounced that Indonesian citizenship. So, as far as I know, he’s still an Indonesian citizen sitting in the office of the president.
I was born in an Army hospital in Germany. I had dual citizenship until I was 18. I was interested in politics from a young age and had planned to run for President. I couldn’t because I was 1) not born on US soil and 2) had dual citizenship. I have had to prove my citizenship time and time again throughout my adult life. Pisses me off that this jerk is getting away with something like this. I’m more of an American Citizen then Obama (or what ever his name is) will ever be.
If he can do it - so can I. I’m going to start my presidential campaign. I’ll refuse to show my papers and just say “trust me”. I’ll also admit to inhaling and...some other things. I’ll back out when Sarah Palin enters the race and become her running mate. I’ll run on a platform of - HOPE we can CHANGE it back before it’s too late.