"Trump Spreads False Birther Claim About Nikki Haley's Citizenship"
Donald Trump is promoting a "totally baseless" birther conspiracy theory against Nikki Haley, claiming she is ineligible to be president because her parents were not U.S. citizens when she was born. Legal experts and scholars have refuted these claims, citing the 14th Amendment and the definition of "natural born citizen." Trump has a history of propagating birther claims, previously targeting Barack Obama and Ted Cruz. The resurgence of this conspiracy theory against Haley is seen as an attempt to play the race card and draw on anti-immigrant prejudice.