It is not true that the US is the only country that gives birthright citizenship

[malaise]

to people born in a country. That is an absolute fucking LIE.

[raccoon]

1. They just said that on NPR too. The First Liar, always lying. nt

[violetpastille]

2. Our neighbors to the north and south spring immediately to mind.

Trump is a pile of lies.

[Tanuki]

3. More than 30 other countries, per Wikipedia, listed at the link below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

[MineralMan]

4. Here's a Wikipedia article with a list of unrestricted "jus soli"

countries. Just about the whole western hemisphere is on the list. Trump lied!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

[major debacle]

5. Actually, his exact quote is true.

Read it carefully:

"We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States"

That is a true sentence. Even though Brazil has birthright citizenship, a person born in Brazil would is not "essentially a citizen of the United States". If he had said "We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of that country" or something similar, he would be lying.

[Codeine]

7. Ha!

Well played, sir. Well played.

[major debacle]

9. Sometimes Donnie's ineptitude with English language works to his advantage

I doubt that he he crafted that sentence in such a fashion so that he could later claim that he was not lying. But in any event his devoted followers don't really care. I heard a great explanation of this by an interviewee on KPFA yesterday or the day before. The speaker was talking about the nature of fascism and how fascists concern themselves with getting and keeping power, and how any means to that end are considered legitimate. He postulated that Donnie's devoted followers know when he's lying and cheer him on when he does so, because they see anything that advances their grip on power as a plus.

[pandr32]

8. Unless you are Ted Cruz

In his case his family was in Canada when he was born but he claims because his mother was from another country (U.S.) that he was born American through her American body. This qualifies him to run for the presidency in the U.S., but not Obama because his father was Kenyan even though his mother was American. These distinctions are important.

[DownFromTheMountain]

6. North and South America practice it

And who is telling him this crap? The voices in his head.

[Johonny]

10. If we're all not citizens then who the * is a citizen?

Has the moron in charge actually explained how he would grant citizenship?

[major debacle]

11. He would rescind citizenship for those born of people who entered the US without documentation.

... not for those born in the US of US citizens, either natural or acquired. If you fall into the later category, you have nothing to worry about... at this time.

[Johonny]

12. I think everyone has to worry when the president talks about removing people's citizenship

once it starts...