Donald Trump Says President Obama Should Reveal His Birth Certificate

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Donald Trump on "The View"



Donald Trump, who is a a real estate developer, made a guest appearance on The View a few days ago speaking of the subject concerning the "birther" issue.  Trump stated on the view that President Obama should reveal his birth certificate to the American public to quell doubts about President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president.  He didn't allege that Obama was constitutionally ineligible to serve but Trump said he should level with the American people on that subject.  Who are birthers?  Birthers are those that the media dubs as people who question that President Obama is a U.S. citizen.  The media tries to paint those who question President Obama's eligibility to be president as idiots, racists, or crazy people.  FoxNews.com said on March 17, 2001 that possible presidential candidate Donald Trump has "just a little doubt" that President Obama is a U.S. citizen, but his feeling doesn't make him an idiot.  Here's what Donald Trump had to say concerning his doubts about President Obama's eligibility:

"Let me tell you, I am a really smart guy.  I was a really good student at the best school in the country.  The reason I have a little doubt, just a little, is because he grew up and nobody knew him.  When you interview people, if I ever got the nomination if I ever decide to run, you may go back and interview people from my kindergarten.  They'll remember me.  Nobody ever comes forward.  Nobody knows who is he until later in his life.  It's very strange.  The whole thing is very strange." 

Trump has a very great point.  Who in America knows much about President Obama's early life?  I've listened to talk show host Jim Sumpter on radio since June 2007.  He's been speaking on this issue of the birth certificate since the presidential election of 2008.  Sumpter and his associate producer Janet McKee have done a lot of research on the birth certificate.  Sumpter has doubts about Obama's eligibility.  He cites the fact that Barack Obama had obtained a passport to Pakistan years ago when the U.S. wasn't on good terms with that country.  He questions how Obama could've obtained a U.S. passport to Pakistan when the U.S. didn't have a good relationship with the country of Pakistan a few decades ago.  That is a very important question.  He said the passport that he obtained to go to Pakistan would reveal whether or not he's a natural-born citizen.

I have not research or studied much on this issue.  That's why I haven't submitted posts on this subject.  Here's the truth of the matter.  The issue is not whether or not President Obama was born in Hawaii or Kenya.  Arizona Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain wasn't born in the United States himself.  He was born in the Panama canal.  John McCain is a natural-born citizen because both his mother and father were able to pass natural-born citizenship status to John McCain.  John McCain is a natural-born citizen because both his parents were citizens of the United States when John McCain was born.  John McCain Jr. was serving in the Navy and he was stationed in the Panama Canal.  Concerning Barack Obama, we know his mother was a citizen of the United States citizen, but his father, Barack Obama Sr. wasn't.  He was a citizen of Kenya.  If President Obama is a natural-born citizen, it's because his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was able to pass natural-born citizenship status to him.  Whether or not President Obama meets those qualifications, I can't say.  It depends upon what the statutues in the state of Hawaii said concerning a person's citizenship in 1961.  Since I don't know what those laws were in Hawaii in 1961, I have to give him the benefit of a doubt until evidence proves otherwise. 

In not having researched this subject on Obama's natural-born citizenship status, I don't have an opinion whether or not he's a natural-born citizen.  One thing I do believe is that President Obama needs to come before the American people on television to reveal the truth about his natural-born citizenship status.  President Obama knows one way or the other.  It would be a lot simpler if he would just reveal the truth before the American people instead of spending millions of dollars to fight it in court.  The American people have a right to know if he's a natural-born citizen.  He can quell doubts by addressing this subject before the American people and state the facts one way or the other.  Why he hasn't done that is anyone's guess.  However, it's not right for that subject not to be addressed.  It's his responsibility to settle this matter once and for all.  It's not the job of the media or radio talk show hosts to prove President Obama's eligibility.  President Obama should prove whether or not he's a natural-born citizen and constitutionally eligible to serve.  Inquiring about President Obama's natural-born citizenship status doesn't make us kooks or birthers.  This is not a conspiracy theory nor does this have anything to do racism.  It's about following the Constitution.  Donald Trump was on target stating Obama should reveal his birth certificate.   It's just common sense.  If the Constitution means anything to our politcians, then they need to follow it and not just give lip service to it when it suits their political agenda.