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President Donald Trump says he plans to end "birthright citizenship" in the US by executive order. In an interview with Axios President Trump claimed that he was working on an end to birthright citizenship, the 150-year-old principle that says anyone born on US soil is an American citizen. You don't," Mr Trump said. 1) What is 'birthright citizenship'? In 1898, the US Supreme Court affirmed that birthright citizenship applies to the children of immigrants in the case of Wong Kim Ark v United States. Wong successfully argued that because he was born in the US, his parent's immigration status did not impact the application of the Fourteenth Amendment. 3) Can Trump end birthright citizenship by executive order? "Wong's parents were authorised or we might say legal immigrants. 5) Do other countries have birthright citizenship? 6) Who uses birthright citizenship?

It did not quote the president directly about Sessions being safe until November. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the investigation, which Trump has called a “witch hunt”. Trump also told Bloomberg he viewed the Russia investigation as “illegal”, and said he would “see what happens” if Mueller issued him with a subpoena to secure an interview. “Great scholars” had said “there never should have been a special counsel”, the president was quoted as saying. Some Republicans have predicted Trump will replace Sessions, a former senator from Alabama, after the elections on 6 November. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina senator who is close to Trump and a defender of Sessions, said last week he believed the president would appoint a new attorney general but should wait until the elections. Bloomberg said Trump also spoke approvingly of Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organization who agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in their investigation of Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer. The campaign finance charges concerned Cohen’s facilitation of payments to women who claim to have had affairs with Trump. He’s a wonderful guy.” Weisselberg’s cooperation, the president added, was related to “a very limited period of time”. “I put a man in there who I like and respect,” Trump said.