'Congratulations, President Xi': Trump Jibes At Supreme Court Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling
'Congratulations, President Xi': Trump Jibes At Supreme Court Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling Published By, Last Updated: July 01, 2026, 02:21 IST The US Supreme Court
'Congratulations, President Xi': Trump Jibes At Supreme Court Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling Published By, Last Updated: July 01, 2026, 02:21 IST The US Supreme Court rejected Trump's bid to restrict birthright citizenship, dealing a setback to one of his signature immigration policies. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Source: AFP) United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday took a jibe at the US Supreme Court for upholding birthright citizenship and sarcastically congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP(TS: Jun 30 2026, 1:30 PM ET)… pic.twitter.com/cVhpIKXX9w — Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) June 30, 2026 Trump did not explain his remark in the Truth Social post. However, the comment came hours after the US Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship in the United States, while China follows a nationality system that does not provide automatic citizenship based solely on place of birth.
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship, dealing a setback to one of his signature immigration policies. In a 6-3 ruling, the court maintained the constitutional right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil. Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his second term in the White House, directing that children born in the United States to parents who were in the country illegally or on temporary visas would no longer automatically receive US citizenship. Also Read: Trump’s Attempt To Deny US Citizenship To Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Struck Down Lower courts had blocked the order, ruling that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born in the United States. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said, “Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause." “Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights, to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land.’ We keep that promise today," Roberts wrote.
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