Trump says Obama "probably" born in USA, but wants to see his birth certificate

[Mr. Morden]

Trump says Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie should be "investigated" for saying that he remembers Obama's birth:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52064.html

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[Middle-aged Europe]

Trump releases his birth certificate!

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-birthcertificate-newsmax/2011/03/28/id/390930

Obviously a fake.

It's no secret that Donald Trump has the ressources at hand to produce credible forgeries that would pass any test.

He should be investigated by the FBI or something. There's something curious about this guy.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Obviously a fake.

It's no secret that Donald Trump has the ressources at hand to produce credible forgeries that would pass any test.

He should be investigated by the FBI or something. There's something curious about this guy.

Must be the toupee.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Obviously a fake.

It's no secret that Donald Trump has the ressources at hand to produce credible forgeries that would pass any test.

He should be investigated by the FBI or something. There's something curious about this guy.

Must be the toupee.

No, the fact that two of his three wives weren't even Americans tipped me off. If Trump's wives are foreign-born, he can be as well. Prove me wrong.

[Alcon]

lol (especially Ben Smith snark at end):

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0311/Trump_fails_to_produce_birth_certificate.html

[izixs]

Quick get Trump over to snopes quick like so he can see this shocking bit of evidence!

http://msgboard.snopes.com/politics/graphics/birth.jpg

[Mr. Morden]

Trump says he has people on the ground in Hawaii, investigating Obama's birth:

http://thepage.time.com/2011/04/06/trump’s-hawaii-investigation/

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Also, there's this gem on Iraq:

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[Yelnoc]

Trump says he has people on the ground in Hawaii, investigating Obama's birth:

http://thepage.time.com/2011/04/06/trump’s-hawaii-investigation/

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Also, there's this gem on Iraq:

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Does trump write his responses before hand for maximum comedic effect?

[Badger]

Trump says he has people on the ground in Hawaii, investigating Obama's birth:

http://thepage.time.com/2011/04/06/trump’s-hawaii-investigation/

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Also, there's this gem on Iraq:

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Does trump write his responses before hand for maximum comedic effect?

No, for maximum media impact. That's the fundamental motivation for his candidacy; not politics or policy.

[Likely Voter]

I am sure Trump is sitting back and laughing at all of this. As a pro-choice former Democrat supporter with three trophy wives all he had to do is spend a week saying Obama is a Kenyan and he grabbed 20% support of the GOP base.  This is all politics as performance art.

But I bet Tim Pawlenty is paying close attention. After Bachmann and Trump lapped him in the week after he announced, will he jump in the birther bandwagon to try and get some buzz too? It would probably work better than his recent references to Laday Gaga and Charlie Sheen.

[milhouse24]

If the GOP wants to nominate Trump, then good luck to them. 

I'm sure he'll get all the evangelical vote for a thrice married NYC liberal.

I think NBC should cancel his show, if Trump continues his craziness.  In fact, they probably are going to cancel it and this is a desperate action from a desperate man.

[Mr. Morden]

Palin weighs in:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52880.html

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[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

If it's 'perplexing' for you - then gravity is probably a nightmare, we already know they can't cope with evolution.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Of course we all know that the real issue is quite different. Where was Trump's 'hair' born? A Chinese prison? A Russian gulag - or whatever Putin Public Relations Inc calls them? An oil well? Hell itself?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Wow! Talk about going off the deep end. Then again this will give him perhaps a couple points more at the polls.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/trump-obamas-grandparents-put-in-the-birth-announcement-to-get-welfare-other-benefits.php

Trump: Obama's Grandparents Put In The Birth Announcement To Get Benefits Like Welfare

Donald Trump has an explanation for why President Obama's birth would be announced in a Hawaii newspaper if he wasn't really born in the United States: His grandparents put it in as a ruse to make people think he was a U.S. citizen, "for hospitalization, for welfare, for this, for that, for all of the other assets you get from being a United States citizen."

On CNN's State Of The Union, Trump told Candy Crowley that he, and others, are not convinced by the birth announcement, published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Aug. 13, 1961, because "it was eight days later after the supposed birth."

"A lot of things happen in eight days," he said.

Trump continued:

 

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Crowley, for her part, was not buying it: "I will tell you we've checked with both these papers early on" and "the fact is that the hospitals reported this information to the papers, and the papers printed it."

"Who knows?" Trump replied. "You're talking fifty years ago."

[milhouse24]

I don't think Birthers realize it doesn't matter where you were born as long as you are an American citizen. 
Maybe they don't consider Hawaii a real State.
Maybe they want both parents to be citizens.
Maybe they don't think Obama is half-white.

Do they realize that McCain was actually born outside of America, I don't hear any complaints about that!

[Mr. Morden]

I almost feel dirty for continuing to post this stuff, but this gold from Trump is too precious:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/14/extra_bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

"I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks."--Donald Trump, after having called Obama's strong African-American support "frightening".

Reminds me a bit of this:  http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1014917.html

Also, here's a fun Palin-Trump crossover from 1993:

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/the-trump-palin-connection.html

[The Mikado]

I almost feel dirty for continuing to post this stuff, but this gold from Trump is too precious:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/14/extra_bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

"I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks."--Donald Trump, after having called Obama's strong African-American support "frightening".

Reminds me a bit of this:  http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1014917.html

Also, here's a fun Palin-Trump crossover from 1993:

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/the-trump-palin-connection.html

Dammit, Morden, I wanted to post the Perot comparison. 

Also, God bless Donald Trump for making American politics interesting again.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Wow! Talk about going off the deep end. Then again this will give him perhaps a couple points more at the polls.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/trump-obamas-grandparents-put-in-the-birth-announcement-to-get-welfare-other-benefits.php

Trump: Obama's Grandparents Put In The Birth Announcement To Get Benefits Like Welfare

Donald Trump has an explanation for why President Obama's birth would be announced in a Hawaii newspaper if he wasn't really born in the United States: His grandparents put it in as a ruse to make people think he was a U.S. citizen, "for hospitalization, for welfare, for this, for that, for all of the other assets you get from being a United States citizen."

On CNN's State Of The Union, Trump told Candy Crowley that he, and others, are not convinced by the birth announcement, published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Aug. 13, 1961, because "it was eight days later after the supposed birth."

"A lot of things happen in eight days," he said.

maybe they were waiting for the mohel.

[Bacon King]

Since this seems to be the main Trump thread, I'll repost this here. He's hiring a campaign manager.

Is Trump seriously running? Is there any insider gossip that he's actually hiring people and putting together early state operations or is he just talking a lot and people are assuming that he'll run because of it?

He has no dedicated campaign staff right now and is running his "campaign" on his own, with help from his executive assistant Rhona Graff as well as Trump Organization executive Michael Cohen (who was the founder of the "Should Trump Run?" website).

However, over the past few days he has interviewed three people to be his campaign manager: Lawrence Weitzner (Christie '09 campaign manager), Tony Fabrizio (Dole '96 pollster/strategist, managed many lower-level campaigns including Pawlenty '06), and Ralph Reed (the Christian Coalition guy).

(link here)

[Mr. Morden]

Trump now says Obama was too dumb to get into Columbia and Harvard:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53694.html

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[tpfkaw]

Trump now says Obama was too dumb to get into Columbia and Harvard:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53694.html

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Not exactly unbelievable, given that we had two unqualified Yale undergrads of middling intelligence running against each other in '04.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Trump now says Obama was too dumb to get into Columbia and Harvard:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53694.html

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Well, duh! Obviously he was a product of affirmative action. It's well documented that that's the only way a ni**er can succeed academically.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Lord knows the editor of Harvard Law Review must be a total doofus...

The guy really is scraping the barrel.

[bgwah]

Lord knows the editor of Harvard Law Review must be a total doofus...

The guy really is scraping the barrel.

He's excellent at getting attention though, isn't he? If only the media would ignore him...