Trump on Ted Cruz’s Canadian Birthplace

According to the American constitution, the presidency of the United States can only be held by “natural born citizens”.

Trump in an interview said that Republicans would have to ask themselves if they want to have a candidate who might be in court for years. “That’d be a big problem”.

“He posted as his response “@realDonaldTrump calling into question my natural-born citizenship”, with a YouTube clip of the character Fonzie from Happy Days “jumping the shark”.

MARK KAUZLARICH/REUTERS Despite being born in Canada, some experts say their is “no question” at Cruz’s eligibility to be President. “Yeah. I do”, Bush said with a laugh.

“You’d have to ask [Trump] that”, Cruz said.

Pressed about why he keeps playing nice with Trump as the billionaire has gotten personal, Cruz insisted all remains well between the two.

That, at least, would settle questions over the exact meaning of natural born citizen, for good.

The Post interview was not the day’s first tension point between the two.

The U.S. State Department addresses the issue of citizenship at birth by saying “a child born overseas to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the Immigaration and Nationality Act”. “Cruz as their nominee, somebody who actually wasn’t born in the United Sates and who only eight months ago renounced his Canadian citizenship”, Earnest said during his daily press briefing. I don’t know the circumstances. “That has been my consistent position”, Cruz told reporters. “Yes, I’m sure. The media, with all due respect, love to engage in silly sideshows”. “We’ve had seven years of a president who doesn’t enforce the law, who picks and chooses the laws he wants to enforce and the laws he doesn’t want to enforce”.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, following archrival Donald Trump in fanning fears about illegal immigration, released a TV ad Yesterday denouncing an “invasion” of migrants from across the Mexican border. And Cruz will get some sympathy even from righties who might not otherwise look warmly upon him if Trump insists on painting him as some sort of foreigner who should have his presidential hopes cashiered by a judge at a moment when he’s winning.

Cruz dismissed the comments on Tuesday with a lighthearted tweet implying Trump’s remarks were far-fetched.

Trump first unleashed a verbal assault on Cruz in December at an event in Des Moines where he questioned Cruz’s evangelical faith.

Trump has bragged about his massive wealth (“I’m really rich!” he crowed early in his campaign) and his ensuing ability to run for president without having to raise money from special interests.

The latest national poll of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters has Trump leading with 39 per cent and Cruz on 18 per cent.

With less than a month before Iowans caucus, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is going negative against his closest competitor in the state, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.