
Trump Comments Since Obama Released Birth Certificate
On Friday, Donald Trump claimed he ended the birther controversy by forcing President Obama to release his birth certificate. The White House released the long form of Mr. Obama’s birth certificate on April 27, 2011. Trump now says he ended the controversy when he forces the president to release the birth certificate, but here is what he has said since then:
May 2012 Trump said:
May 2012 Trump tweeted:
Let’s take a closer look at that birth certificate. @BarackObama was described in 2003 as being “born in Kenya.” http://t.co/vfqJesJL
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2012
May 2012 Trump said:
“A lot of people don’t agree with that birth certificate. A lot of people do not think it’s authentic.”
(to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer)
July 2012 Trump tweeted:
Congratulations to @RealSheriffJoe on his successful Cold Case Posse investigation which claims @BarackObama‘s ‘birth certificate’ is fake
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2012
July 2012 Trump tweeted:
Read this–@BarackObama‘s birth certificate “cannot survive judicial scrutiny” because of “phantom numbers” http://t.co/DIv9sLI2
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2012
Aug 2012 Trump tweeted:
An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama‘s birth certificate is a fraud.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2012
Aug 2013 Trump Said:
Sept 2013 Trump tweeted:
“@obamafraudulent: @realDonaldTrump @d18mt2 The birth certificate that you forced Obama to show is a computer generated forgery.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2013
May 2014 Trump Said:
May 27, 2014 Trump Said:
Nov 2014 Trump tweeted:
“@futureicon: @pinksugar61 Obama also fabricated his own birth certificate after being pressured to produce one by @realDonaldTrump“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2014
Dec 2014 Trump tweeted:
How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama’s “birth certificate” died in plane crash today. All others lived
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2013
July 2015 Trump Said:
“I really don’t know. I don’t know why he wouldn’t release his records, but you know, honestly, I don’t want to get into it.” (to Anderson Cooper, CNN)
Jan 2016 Trump said:
“Who knows about Obama?…Who cares right now?… I have my own theory on Obama. Someday I will write a book, I will do another book, and it will do very successfully.” (to Wolf Blitzer, CNN)