President Obama backhandedly complimented Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz during a state dinner with Canadian officials Thursday night.
During a seven-minute toast Obama made to the visiting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, the president praised Canada for the positive things it has given to America.
“Where else could a boy born in Calgary run for president of the United States?” Obama said about Cruz, born in Calgary, Alberta in 1970.
The Texas senator, ranked second in the Washington Examiner’s presidential power rankings, was attacked by other conservative candidates in January over disputes about his natural-born citizen status, since he was born outside of the U.S.
