Donald Trump’s campaign spokesman says the Republican presidential candidate now believes President Barack Obama was born in the United States, despite the candidate’s repeated refusal to say so himself.
In a statement released late Thursday night, campaign spokesman Jason Miller claims Trump “did a great service to the country” by bringing closure to an “ugly incident” that Trump, in fact, fueled.
“In 2011, Mr. Trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate,” Miller said.
“Mr. Trump did a great service to the President and the country by bringing closure” to the issue, he added. “Inarguably, Donald J. Trump is a closer. Having successfully obtained President Obama’s birth certificate when others could not, Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States.”
Trump was, for many years, the most prominent proponent of the “birther” movement, which claimed Obama was born outside the U.S. and thus ineligible to be president — despite the fact that he was born in Hawaii. Trump’s comments were seen by many as an attempt to delegitimize the nation’s first black president and have turned off many of the African American voters he is now courting in his bid for the White House.
The statement came after an interview published by The Washington Post in which Trump again declined to say whether he believed Obama was born on U.S. soil.
“I’ll answer that question at the right time,” Trump told the paper. “I just don’t want to answer it yet.”
Asked by the paper whether his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, was accurate when she said in a recent television interview that her boss now believes the president was born in the U.S., Trump responded: “It’s okay. She’s allowed to speak what she thinks. I want to focus on jobs. I want to focus on other things.”
Clinton seized on Trump’s refusal during a speech Thursday night before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
“He was asked one more time where was President Obama born and he still wouldn’t say Hawaii. He still wouldn’t say America,” Clinton said. “This man wants to be our next president? When will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry?”
While Miller’s statement suggests that Trump has believed the president was born in the U.S. since seeing his birth certificate, the candidate has repeatedly stoked the issue in the years since.
In August 2012 — more than a year after the president released the document in April 2011 — Trump was pushing the issue on Twitter.
“An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud,” he wrote.
Trump has said repeatedly during the campaign that he no longer talks about the “birther” issue, but has refused to retract his previous comments, despite numerous opportunities. Instead, he has described the issue as an inconvenience.
“I don’t talk about it because if I talk about that, your whole thing will be about that,” he told reporters in his plane last week. “So I don’t talk about it.”
The statement from Trump’s spokesman also makes the unsubstantiated claim that Clinton launched the birther movement during her unsuccessful primary run against Obama in 2008.
“Hillary Clinton’s campaign first raised this issue to smear then-candidate Barack Obama in her very nasty, failed 2008 campaign for President,” the statement claims. “This type of vicious and conniving behavior is straight from the Clinton Playbook. As usual, however, Hillary Clinton was too weak to get an answer.”
Clinton has long denied the claim.
On Twitter, her spokesman Brian Fallon did not address that allegation, but said Trump’s acceptance that Obama was born in the U.S. needed to come from the candidate himself.
“Trump needs to say it himself. On camera. And admit he was wrong for trying to delegitimize the country’s first African American President,” Fallon wrote.
Indeed, Trump himself has said that his aides shouldn’t be trusted to speak on his behalf.
“Don’t believe the biased and phony media quoting people who work for my campaign,” he tweeted in May. “The only quote that matters is a quote from me!”
Obama had released a standard short form of his birth certificate before the 2008 presidential election. Anyone who wants a copy of the more detailed, long-form document must submit a waiver request, and have that request approved by Hawaii’s health department.
In 2011, amid persistent questions from Trump about his birthplace, Obama submitted a waiver request. He dispatched his personal lawyer to Hawaii to pick up copies and carry the documents back to Washington on a plane.
The form said Obama was born at 7:24 p.m. on Aug. 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu. It is signed by the delivery doctor, Obama’s mother and the local registrar.
On the day he released the document, Obama jabbed at Trump. “We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
We all know how the Muslim CLOWN in the White House was born……….You see there was this buzzard flying over a corn field, took a crap that landed on a fence post and the sun hatched Obutthead…..!
very clever & funny
SO HE OBAMA WAS HATCHED, NOT MADE.
YES HE IS ILLEGAL…
B. Hussein Obama was born in Mombasa in what is now Kenya on August 4, 1961 at 7:24 PM – and not in Honolulu, Hawaii. Four simple questions must be answered here:
1. Back in 1961 people of color were called “Negroes”. So how can that Obama’s “birth certificate” state that he is “African-American” when the term wasn’t even used at that time? Also – he could not have been an “African-American” since his mother was white; at best he should have been classified as an African White.
2. The birth certificate that the White House released lists Obama’s birth as August 4, 1961 and lists Barack Hussein Obama as his father. That “long form” certificate was fabricated after the “short form” certificate was shown to be a rather sloppy computer-generated fabrication that had to be eliminated from circulation. At the time of Obama’s birth, it also shows that his father was 25 years old and that he was born in “Kenya, East Africa” in 1936. This wouldn’t seem like anything of concern, except the fact that Kenya did not even exist until 1963, two whole years after Obama’s birth, and 27 years after his father’s birth. How could Obama’s father have been born in a country that did not yet exist? Up and until Kenya was formed in 1963, it was known as the “British East Africa Protectorate”.
3. On the Birth Certificate released by the White House, the listed place of birth is “Kapi’olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital “. This cannot be, because the hospitals in question in 1961 were separate entities called respectively “Kaui Keolani Children’s Hospital” and “Kapi’olani Maternity Home”. The name did not change to Kapi’olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital until 1978, when these two hospitals merged. How can this particular name of the hospital be on a birth certificate dated 1961 if this name had not yet been applied to it until 1978? Why hasn’t this been discussed in the major media? Let me repeat this: Let somebody explain to this former refugee from a communist hell how come our Main Stream Media have been not only silent about this affair but more than that have been condescending and rather inimical to us “the truthers”? Their silence and their cover-up have made them the co-conspirators in this ongoing crime.
(Note: the state employee who invented this full-form “Birth Certificate” was flying on the inter-island flight with a dozen other passengers when the plane was forced to land on the ocean surface. All passengers and the pilot were saved – except that state employee who mysteriously “drowned”.) Loretta Fuddy, the Hawaii official who verified his long form birth certificate was the only casualty in a plane crash not too long after she did her old friends, the Obamas, this favor.)
4. Another clue comes from Obama’s book on his father. He states how proud he is of his father fighting in WWII. B. Hussein Obama’s “birth certificate” says his father was 25 years old in 1961 when Obama was born. That should have put his father’s date of birth approximately in 1936. Now we need to remember that WWII was between 1939 and 1945. Just how many 3 year olds fight in wars? Does that mean that Mr. Obama is a liar, or simply chooses to alter the facts to satisfy his political purposes? No, Sir – he is a liar.
My own question is this: How come a President of the most powerful country in the history of the world could not secure services of better professional forgers? Not only that – but this mess to happen after the short-form “birth certificate” was shown to be a really low-quality forgery that had to be speedily retracted!
And before that, they were called “colored”, …….African American is a relatively new, followed by “black” (because they at some point realized that not all black people came from Africa)
AMERICA: ALL THIS STAR 8 YEARS AGO. A REPORTED ASK OBAMA GRAND MOTHER
WERE HE WAS BORN, SHE TOLD THE REPORTER THAT OBAMA WAS BORN IN AFRICA
******HIS OWN GRAND MOTHER TOLD THE WORLD THAT,
PLEASE DO NOT BLAME THIS ON DONALD TRUMP.
AND REMEMBER:::::
********************GRAND MOTHERS DO NOT LIE************
No one has mentioned that Obama applied for a college discount by claiming to be a “foreign exchange student”.
He did get the discount on tuition, so someone is lying.
Remember Hillary was the original BIRTHER. Not Trump. When Trump wins maybe we will get to the truth so we can CANCEL everything he has done to this nation!
AND AFTER THAT OBAMA PLAY GAMES WITH THE MEDIA,
IT TOOK HIM 4 MONTHS TO SHOW HIS SO CALL HAWAII BIRTH
CERTIFICATE. AND REPORTERS
TRY TO SEE IF WAS TRUE, BUT
NO ONE REMEMBER THE OUTCOME….
****REMEMBER*********
*******GRAND MOTHERS ALWAYS TELL THE TRUE********
I WONDER IF HILLARY WAS BORN IN AMERICA..
SHE LOOK CANADIAN TO ME…
AFTER ALL. SHE LIES A LOT. WE NEED TO BE SURE.
If the alias, “Barrak Hussein Obama”, were born in the United States, the issue would never have arisen.
Nor, would Loretta Fuddy have allegedly drowned in the singular motor failure that is recorded for the Cessna Grand Caravan.
Obama had an ID card that said he was a “foreign exchange student” when he applied to attend some university/college. According to the news article, he DID get the discount. Why has this story been hidden? The school produced proof.
Since being elected, Obama and his “people” continue to say he was born in Hawaii.
Hawaii is NOT a foreign country!
He either lied on his application OR was telling the truth back then. Which is more likely?
Everyone running for President should be ready, able and willing to prove citizenship and do exactly that to pass go for eligibility to run. Mr. Obama and his party knew the laws. They created the controversy. They enlarged it by dancing around it to shove their way past. The requirement was clear get go and their vague delayed responses, scant documentation that didn’t look right, not even baby pictures placing him somewhere recognizable, contradictory accounts etc.etc. enlarged the controversy further instead of putting it to rest. There’s been too much written that raises legitimate questions about the validity of the way too late in coming certificate. President Obama owns the controversy. Hillary would say “At this point, What does it matter?” I have to ask why is her party raising this nightmare issue they created again and demanding Mr. Trump apologize for it?
GO AHEAD MR TRUMP, SAY OBAMA WAS GREAT PRESIDENT AND BORN IN US, AND WHILE YOUR AT IT SAY KILLERY AND BILL DIDNT COMMENT FRAUD TO TAKE TAX PAYERS MONEY FOR THEIR FOUNDATION. WELL WAS GOING VOTE FOR YOU BE YOU SAY IT YOU MIGHT AS WELL HELP KILLERY AND BILL MOVE IN CAUSE YOU LOSE SO MANY VOTERS THAT TRUSTED YOU, YOU WILL NEVERWIN. LIKE KILLERY TOLD FBI COULDNT RECALL OR REMEMBER, WELL US AMERICANS DONT WANT SOMEONE SCREWS OBAMA CANT RECALLING IT. SO MAKE YOUR CHOICE
Y’all said a mouthful. With a monicker like Barrack Hussein, I think I ‘d change my name as soon as I was able!
4 Simple Questions from a New Jersey Attorney…
1. Back in 1961 people of color were called ‘Negroes.’ So how can the Obama ’birth certificate’ state he is “African-American” when the term wasn’t even used at that time?
2. The birth certificate that the White House released lists Obama’s birth as August 4, 1961 & Lists Barack Hussein Obama as his father. No big deal, right ? At the time of Obama’s birth, it also shows that his father is aged 25 years old, and that Obama’s father was born in “Kenya , East Africa”.
This wouldn’t seem like anything of concern, except the fact that Kenya did not even exist until 1963, two whole years after Obama’s birth, and 27 years after his father’s birth. How could Obama’s father have been born in a country that did not yet Exist? Up and until Kenya was formed in 1963, it was known as the “British East Africa Protectorate”. (check it below)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya)
3. On the Birth Certificate released by the White House, the listed place of birth is “Kapi’olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital”. This cannot be, because the hospital(s) in question in 1961 were called ”KauiKeolani Children’s Hospital” and “Kapi’olani Maternity
Home”, respectively. The name did not change to Kapi’olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital until 1978, when these two hospitals merged. How can this particular name of the hospital be on a birth certificate dated 1961 if this name had not yet been applied to it until 1978?
Barry Satoro
if Trump said that or believed that,he’d make a liar out of himself because he was going to go after Obama for all his deceptions that are TREASON, once Trump was president – which would take care of LOT of the country’s problems because all that Obama did would then be null and void including Obamacare and all the UN-Constitutional laws and policies Obama made under the fallacy of being President – it would clear it all away. It was one of Trump’s first promises that he’d go after Obama, but lately he’s been going very soft on Obama for some strange reason. Has he found out in the security briefings something about who or what Obama really is that has scared him for the first time in his life ?
Trump has never back down from anything before – so why now so suddenly ?
Why betray his own promise and thus the country by putting this out there ?
And BETRAYED WE FEEL !
We can tolerate a mistake, but we cannot and will not tolerate a LIE !
HE COULD SAVE THE COUNTRY BY DOING THIS ONE THING ALONE !
To see him support this TREASON MAKES HIM A PART OF IT !
AND TREASON IT IS !
So what has he found out about Obama that has suddenly turned him into a Obama lap dog ? Trump knows the PROOF of Obama being an illegal here and a NON-citizen is solid =- why would he go against Sheriff Joe and all the evidence suddenly like this – and in fact every leader in the world is fearful of Obama even though they hate him.
And in fact the sudden dropping of it all by Sheriff Joe is very suspicious as well. Notice how for over a year Sheriff Joe spent all kinds of money getting to the bottom of who Obama is – AND then suddenly it was all dropped ! WHY ?
Why would Trump suddenly lie to us (though strangely not directly) openly about this so suddenly, once he began getting DC briefings ? THIS MAKES OBAMA SEEM MORE DANGEROUS AND MYSTERIOUS THEN EVER ! Trump has NEVER back-walked on anything before – so why now and why on Obama? Why has Trump been so soft on Obama so suddenly praising him as often as he’s been doing when all he did was attack him up to now and rightfully so?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT OBAMA THAT MAKES EVERY LEADER IN THE WORLD SHAKE IN THEIR BOOTS ? I’VE BEEN ASKING THIS QUESTION FOR 8 YEARS NOW !
When the two most bravest men in the world (Sheriff Joe and Trump) suddenly stop everything and bow to Obama – there has to be a reason !
Whatever it is, it’s bad enough to make Trump betray our trust in him. And that cannot be easy for him to do. But even the Clinton’s were forced to bow to Obama in 2008. And they bow to NO ONE ! Especially Hillary. She has never let anyone stand in her way on her way to grab power – but in 2008 she was forced to and no one forces Hillary to do anything ! She kills anyone in her way no matter who it is ! That is well known.
And by the way it was Hillary who was the very first one to come out with Obama not being a citizen here or even born anywhere in America – not Trump. Trump got it from me and Hillary. And Obama was the very first “person” (if he really is one) to break every single law that this country ever had and has continued to do so with NO ONE STOPPING HIM or even trying to ! WHY IS THAT ? He has no papers, but he forces everyone else to have them; he shows no records of any kind including health records that every president is required to; he has UN-lawfully spent millions on himself of OUR money for his own vacations and pleasure (also UN-lawful !).- there is no end to his dictates for just existing ! Every word out of his mouth has been PROVEN to be a LIE.
He is illegally in this country to begin with much less be the president or rule like he has !
He’s MADE LAW THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN FORCED TO OBEY WHEN PRESIDENTS CANNOT MAKE LAW ! He has stepped all over the Senate and Congress – no one says or does a thing about it ! He’s changed OUR country into a mess we cannot even recognize anymore and been allowed to do it !
WHY IS EVERYONE IN THE WORLD TREATING HIM A IF HE’S GOD ON EARTH ?
He’s more like Satan on Earth ! And we know he’s Satan’s man.
So what ? That does not mean you bow to him = it means you destroy him !
But I let Trump know we feel betrayed by his bowing to the LIE of Obama !
I do not respect anyone who goes back on their word !
A person in only as good as his word !
When I first read this a few days ago when Guilani revealed it, I really thought I could no longer vote for Trump – it hit me that hard !
Once someone lies to me – that’s it ! I cannot accept LIES.
Trump promised he would take Obama and Hillary down when he was in office.
THAT was his word ! Keeping that word could save America !
There has to also be a reason that Trump will not utter those words himself that Obama was born in America = because he knows it is a bold face LIE ! He has to do it through his staff – now why is that ? BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT IS A LIE ! And he cannot bring himself to lie to us himself.
SO, WHO IS THIS MYSTERY BEING CALLING HIMSELF OBAMA, WHO HAS THE WHOLE WORLD SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS ?
HE’D NOT MAKE ME SHAKE IN MY BOOTS !
MY SHIELD IS BIGGER AND STRONGER THEN ANYTHING HE COULD BE !
MY WEAPON AND SHIELD IS JESUS CHRIST AND NO ONE CAN STAND AGAINST HIM !
SO OBAMA – THE BIGGER YOU THINK YOU ARE – THE HARDER YOU WILL FALL !
YOU DO NOT SCARE ME A BIT !
I DO NOT CARE WHAT THE HECK YOU ARE !
And I’ve known all along you were not human !
I do not know WHERE you are from, but I do know what you are !
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No one in their right mind can blame anyone besides Obama for his lack of transparency and the controversy’s arising from it. Democrats bringing this up now is right out of their worn out playbook, to throw the racist card at Trump to get votes. They need to come up with a new playbook. The sexist, racist, phobia-phobe, offended, politically correct, Republican blaming game is so predictable and tiresome it’s boring us to death. A playbook of truthfulness and transparency would be refreshing, but sure that won’t happen!
The MSM…..an offshoot of the liberal / progressives / socialist party (formerly the Democratic party) is simply trying to stir up the African American community weeks before the election, where Mr. Trump has made inroads. By saying he believes Obama was born in the USA, Trump doesn’t give them any “material”…although they will develop “something,” I am certain.
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It seems Obama’s birth certificate has taken the attention away from the life size painting of Donald Trump that was purchased by his foundation. Trump is a master showman. This demonstrates that fact once again.
Just in case anyone is really got a brain, who gives a crap he has been in office for almost 8yrs now and is now causing hate and discontent within all parties involved.
Why get fired up about something like this when he has been CIC for almost 8yrs? This is just really stupid
IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS TO SEE THAT THIS COUNTRY IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE, THAT THE INCREASING CRIME, RESULTING FROM POVERTY, WILL GIVE BIRTH TO REVOLUTION………..SCARED, YES……..BUT AT LEAST I WON’T BE ALONE. THESE STUPID LEADERS AND POLITICIANS WILL SEE THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN CAUGHT UP IN THE SAME MESS AS MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN! WHO WILL SAVE THEM THEN??????