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Posts Falsely Question Citizenship of Trump’s Children Under His Birthright Plan

Posts Falsely Question Citizenship of Trump’s Children Under His Birthright Plan

President-elect Donald Trump has renewed his call to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. whose parents are not in the country legally. Online posts falsely claim this would strip four of Trump’s children of citizenship because of their mothers’ citizenship status when they were born.

Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status

Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status

President-elect Donald Trump has called for an interpretation of the 14th Amendment that would deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents in the country illegally. That has prompted some on social media to wrongly speculate that under such a policy, Trump’s son Barron might not be a U.S. citizen because his mother wasn’t a citizen when he was born in New York.

Trump Plans to Attend Son’s Graduation and GOP Fundraiser, Contrary to Online Claim

Trump Plans to Attend Son’s Graduation and GOP Fundraiser, Contrary to Online Claim

While his criminal fraud trial is not in session on May 17, former President Donald Trump plans to attend the high school graduation of his son Barron in Florida as well as a campaign event in Minnesota. A post on Threads misleadingly claims he will “miss his son’s graduation for fundraiser.” The graduation is in the morning and the fundraising dinner in the evening.