Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has acknowledged for the first time that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, ending his long history of stoking unfounded doubts about the nation’s first African-American president, but also seeking to falsely blame Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for starting the rumours.
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Mr Trump has questioned Mr Obama’s United States citizenship – a legal prerequisite for becoming president – since at least 2011.
Here is how Trump’s “birther” campaign unfolded. I expect him to carry states like Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, maybe even Pennsylvania. Why? “Of course she does”, Kofinis said.
Lehrer said it’s obvious Trump recognizes the necessity of armed bodyguards, as the presidential hopeful travels with armed security himself.
In last week’s poll, 35.6 percent said they would support Clinton, up from 28.6 percent in July.
As for going back to the way things were before President Barack Obama, social media users had a field day with the inquiry.
That October, one month before the election, Trump releases a YouTube video claiming he will give $5 million to charity of the President’s choice if he releases his passport/college applications and records. But with the health of both candidates suddenly at the forefront, and in an effort to be transparent, both Clinton and Trump made announcements about their health. He knows nothing about me.
President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at the Our Ocean, One Future conference at the State Department past year.
He did not apologize or speak to his own role in spreading the falsehood, which many people see as an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of America’s first black president. “He’s still one of them”. “They are worse now than just about ever”, he said. “You’re faced with having to undo that”, said Lissa Muscatine, a longtime friend and former speechwriter for Clinton. “So perhaps he was born in this country, that has a very big chance”.
“The presidency doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are”. ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos presses him about this on “This Week” in September, and he declines to answer. He joked that the “next time I show up I’ve got to buy a ticket”. “And I just don’t talk about it”, he said.
“For five years, he has led the birther movement to delegitimise our first black president”, she told a gathering of black women. If Mrs Clinton wins, it will make her, at 69, the second oldest behind Reagan.
Mr Trump used Twitter to try to slap down the criticism from Mr Gates saying he “knows nothing about me”.
The political weaponization of medical diagnoses started with Trump as the target.
Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent writes that Trump’s statement was merely meant to shift attention away from the issue as the election approaches.
“There can be no other interpretation”, he said at the time.
The upcoming USA presidential debates are going to be the most interesting and exciting political events in contemporary politics. Her campaign manager, Robby Mook, released a statement saying Trump “has a pattern of inciting people to violence”. Photo caption: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the James L. Knight Center, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Miami.
Unlike her husband, who forged a strong bond with Clinton during her four years as his secretary of state, Mrs. Obama does not have a particularly close relationship with the Democratic nominee, though the two are said to be friendly. I finished it. I finished it. That point was particularly evident in the new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist state polls this week that showed her with softer support from Latinos and young voters than Obama.
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“We (also) need someone who is steady and measured, because when you’re making life or death, war or peace decisions, a President can’t just pop off”, Obama said.
