Good thing he wasn't elected or we might have found ourselves stuck with a President whose eligibility was open to question.
The Constitution (Art. IV, Sec. 3) says that Congress "shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States..."
Does that power include the right to say that people born in a particular piece of property belonging to the United States are citizens?
“Does that power include the right to say that people born in a particular piece of property belonging to the United States are citizens?”
Sure looks that way. The Supreme Court has reveiwed the situation twice and twice declared that Puerto Rico is not a part of the United States.
Puerto Rico was a spoil of war, won from Spain around the turn of the 20th century. It was granted Commonwealth status and basically the Puerto Ricans govern themselves.
All that is necessary to change that status is for Puerto Rico to vote for statehood, which has not happened. A small sector of that island’s population desires independence and a larger sector prefers to maintain things as they are now.
Whether statehood is chosen or not depends on the people of Puerto Rico.