As the U.S. Supreme Court took up a pivotal case on birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump fired off a typically bombastic Truth Social post. In a sprawling rant, he claimed that the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship was solely meant for “the babies of slaves.”
Trump went on to add that birthright citizenship was not for the people “taking vacations” — or who some people might call refugees — to the U.S. just to give birth. He also asserted, with his trademark factual flexibility, that America is the only country offering birthright citizenship, labeling it “stupid’ and its citizens “suckers.”
