No, it's not the American way, it's highly unAmerican. Of course someone said the constitutional requirement was racist; we are a nation of over 300 million people all jabbering at once. That was by no means a widely held view.

On the other hand, there was absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Obama was born anywhere but Hawaii, as claimed by him and as proven by his birth certificate. Yet Trump championed the birther hoax all the way up to his campaign (I can't remember when he stopped repeating it, but he did not repudiate it until after his nomination.)

In other words... your post is 100% fact-free.