Does anybody remember how he was going to release the "explosive" truth about Obama's "real" birth certificate that his crack team of investigators uncovered?
"The front page of the New York Times on Sunday recounted Donald Trump's 2011 role in mainstreaming "birtherism" -- the discredited idea that President Obama was born outside the United States.
Trump, who is rarely reluctant to weigh in when reporters write about him, uncharacteristically declined to comment to the Times. Indeed, these days he typically doesn't talk about Obama's birthplace. But in a recent interview with CNN, he said "I would love to" talk about the subject. Trump suggested the reason why he doesn't engage in "birther" speculation anymore is because it gets too much attention, crowding out other issues.
Trump "used his huge megaphone" to give the [birther] theory more attention, Pfeiffer said. At one point Trump -- who was flirting with a presidential bid at the time -- even pledged $5 million to charity if Obama would present a birth certificate. In fact, Obama had done so years earlier, during his first presidential campaign. But as Trump banged the birther drum, the White House decided to obtain and release a second document, known as the long-form birth certificate, in April 2011."
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/03/media/donald-trump-obama-birtherism/index.html
"The front page of the New York Times on Sunday recounted Donald Trump's 2011 role in mainstreaming "birtherism" -- the discredited idea that President Obama was born outside the United States.
Trump, who is rarely reluctant to weigh in when reporters write about him, uncharacteristically declined to comment to the Times. Indeed, these days he typically doesn't talk about Obama's birthplace. But in a recent interview with CNN, he said "I would love to" talk about the subject. Trump suggested the reason why he doesn't engage in "birther" speculation anymore is because it gets too much attention, crowding out other issues.
Trump "used his huge megaphone" to give the [birther] theory more attention, Pfeiffer said. At one point Trump -- who was flirting with a presidential bid at the time -- even pledged $5 million to charity if Obama would present a birth certificate. In fact, Obama had done so years earlier, during his first presidential campaign. But as Trump banged the birther drum, the White House decided to obtain and release a second document, known as the long-form birth certificate, in April 2011."
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/03/media/donald-trump-obama-birtherism/index.html
