Donald Trump: Obama Birth Certificate Should've Been Released Long Ago (VIDEO)

Donald Trump reacted to the release of President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate by the White House on Wednesday morning.

Speaking at a press conference in New Hampshire, the potential presidential contender said that he's "proud" in light of the disclosure. He added, however, "it is rather amazing that all of the sudden" the document surfaces. He suggested it should be inspected to ensure its authenticity.

In recent weeks, Trump has captured headlines and sparked controversy with his persistence in raising doubt over the president's birthplace. He released his own official birth certificate to ABC News last month and has repeatedly called on Obama to do the same. Legal documentation of the president's birth, however, has been accessible online for more than three years.

The AP reports:

The president's personal counsel, Judith Corley, traveled to Hawaii to pick up the documents and carried them back to Washington on a plane. The documents arrived at the White House around 5pm Tuesday.
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While White House officials avoided mentioning Trump by name, they said they released the birth certificate partially because the issue had moved from a fringe discussion and into the mainstream media.

On Wednesday, Trump took credit in the White House's decision to release the president's birth records. "I am really honored to play such a big role in hopefully, hopefully getting rid of this issue," he said.

"Today I'm very proud of myself, because I've accomplished something that no one else has been able to accomplish," said Trump on the release of the president's birth certificate, according to NBC News. "I want to look at it, but I hope it's true. ... But he should have done it a long time ago."

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[dbrett480]

03:50 PM on 05/24/2011

Thank God Trump dropped out of the race. This fake Obama birth certificate controversy has done a lot of damage to Trump's already comic image.

[elizabeth gerteiny]

01:31 PM on 05/12/2011

Donald Trump is a person of little quality---vacuous, coarse and self-important, lacking in taste and judgment, who smugly represents himself as a regular fellow, but who, through sheer genius, made it big.

Although he patently believes otherwise, he also lacks self-respect. How else could he repeatedly and publicly propagate obvious lies? How else could he brag that he's "proud" and "honored" to have brought the Obama birthplace question, already proven resolved, into such prominence, which, with other nonissues, are what whining malcontents, smallminded and ignorant, voraciously respond to, demanding the simplistic and uninformed solutions proposed by Trump, Palin and Bachmann?

Such are his issues. These are his people. He knows who his audience is and he plays to it.

His Celebrity Apprentice ratings have dropped. His poll numbers as GOP favorite have plummeted. He's now implying that the most successful people are too good for political
office.

Mr. Trump, have you finally trumped yourself?

Elizabeth Gerteiny, author of The President of War
www.bushandcompany.org

[Macsog]

01:47 PM on 05/12/2011

Since 1976 The selection of the Editor of the Harvard law ceased to be based on academic ability and changed to a popularity poll. It is also rather interesting that the Professor handling this had Obama as his research assistant. You might want to consider looking into the background of Lawrence Tribe coincidentally also from Chicago. **see note below
Further, the class of 1991 had numerous Summa Cum Laude's and Obamas Magna Cum Laude (with minority bonus 15%) put him in the 50th percentile of this class. Voted in by the marketing prowess of his staff Obama is in reality America's new "Pet Rock"
How he won his Senate seat is equally hilarious.

**A Harvard University law professor considered a potential Supreme Court nominee if a Democrat were elected president apologized Monday for plagiarism that was disclosed in a conservative magazine.
In a statement, Laurence H. Tribe, a constitutional scholar who represented Al Gore in his lawsuit over the 2000 presidential-election results, acknowledged that in his 1985 book, “God Save This Honorable Court,” he borrowed heavily from Henry J. Abraham’s 1974 book, “Justices and Presidents,” without giving proper credit.
At one point, Mr. Tribe lifted an exact 19-word passage from Mr. Abraham’s work.

[rulken]

09:56 AM on 05/12/2011

I have had a gut feeling about this "president" ever since he was elected. I don't consider him the president of our United States of America. That said, Trump was/is right to challenge Obama on the "birth issue", but Trump didn't have a full load of ammunition. Here it is,,,go to
http://www.youtube.comwatch?v=ko-qfqmKsYQ&feature=player_embedded
After you listen to this you will be asking yourself why isn't the senate and congress calling for IMPEACHMENT ?
God bless our country.

[solobike]

07:45 PM on 05/16/2011

I agree. Mr. Trump overlooked one thing in doing his research on the birth certificate issue. Was the doctor that signed it licensed to practice medicine in the United States or it's Territories. I tried to access that information in the Hawaii Professional and Vocational Licensing Records and archives and could not find any record of said doctor even exsisting, let alone practicing medicine here, go figure!

[candiemac]

10:35 PM on 05/09/2011

and so what donald trump can be a butt sometimes at least he had the guts to check it out no one else did and we were all curious

[Knightmare]

03:54 PM on 05/14/2011

You were suspicious not curious. There is a big difference you know, Truth be told only because Our president is part African American. Give me a Break and You don't think our congress and secret service didn't do the math before he stepped foot into the white house? Let our President do his job and fall back!! You want to find any thing to condemn his record but you can't.

[rulken]

10:01 AM on 05/15/2011

Hey Nightmare, you really need to get your facts straight.(that is if you even have any facts)
You want to talk about this president's record !!?? Do you really want to go there!?
Okay, He's done NOTHING right right yet, NOTHING !
Unemployment is through the roof, the national debt went from billions to TRILLIONS, our borders are more porous than in time in our history, and he has ignored the "will of the people" more than ANY president.
I mean I could just go on and on.
I 'll leave you with one challenge, just one. Tell me one(1) thing that he has done, that isn't socialistic, or Marxist in nature. Just one.

[JackTheSkipper]

10:38 PM on 06/03/2011

paid trollz

[candiemac]

10:33 PM on 05/09/2011

i agree with sir wonder besides the presidents name and one of the biggest terrorist name sounds so much alike its easy to get them confused

[Knightmare]

03:55 PM on 05/14/2011

Ignorance is not Bliss. So Sad!!

[sir wonder]

02:56 AM on 05/07/2011

I found two extremely strange inconsistencies that merit some attention.
First of all, the birth certificate that the White House released lists Obama's birth as August 4, 1961. It also 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 have 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". But, this is not the only thing that I found that just does not jive.
The other item that I looked into was the hospital that Obama was born in. 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?

[sir wonder]

10:20 PM on 05/07/2011

Paying top lawyers to hide all his "important" documents that all other presidents normally reveal....??!!! Maybe this is the reason why...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w53TMpk6QNc

[Knightmare]

03:38 PM on 05/14/2011

That is BullS***t! Lay it to rest and accept the fact that Barack Obama is our President now and he is doing and excellent job. Haters will be Haters give me a break idiot!

[Knightmare]

03:56 PM on 05/14/2011

Thats BullS**T. The only reason is so Ignorant nobody should waist there valuable time entertaining a Cartoon Character. lol.lol

[rulken]

10:09 AM on 05/15/2011

Thank you; sir wonder, I just love it when people here, are willing to point out the FACTS.
I am sincere when I say that, there are those that will call you "racist" for making such a comment. I applaud you sir.

[JackTheSkipper]

10:39 PM on 06/03/2011

Paid tr0!!

[candiemac]

01:24 AM on 05/06/2011

i have read several comments about trump and i dont understand why everyone is dogging him so much im not a fan but i understand the birth certificate question and why does everyone think obama is so great

[Knightmare]

03:41 PM on 05/14/2011

Just by that statement I perceive you are as if not more ignorant than donald trump with a small d, when it comes to priorities and our country's valuable time. If you don't see it then someone like you will never see it.

[rulken]

10:12 AM on 05/15/2011

knightmare; you truly are a piece of work. You are Ignorance personified.

[candiemac]

01:20 AM on 05/06/2011

i have read several comments about trump and i am not one of his biggest fans but i think what he ask for was fair and im not sure why obama gets so much credit

[Knightmare]

03:42 PM on 05/14/2011

His name is President Obama and until you put your racist secret views aside you never will see how our current president deserves respect. Ignorance is not Bliss honey!!!!

[rulken]

10:17 AM on 05/15/2011

No you have to be "qualified" to be President. obama is neither "qualified" or intelligent, in fact he is a lying schemer, and a mere figure head of the puppeteer.

[candiemac]

11:36 PM on 05/05/2011

i think trump did right by asking obama for birth certificate we all wanted to know but no one had the balls or power to ask and if u think about it hawaii wasnt a state when obama was born so technically he wasnt born a us citizen

[Joseph Ogiba]

10:32 AM on 05/06/2011

President Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (now called Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children) in Honolulu, Hawaii. On August 21, 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state. I guess you went to Trump U.

[Knightmare]

03:44 PM on 05/14/2011

Exactly J.....Lol.....lol.... They all went to Trump University right along with the rest of the Idiots...Good One. Lol!

[JackTheSkipper]

10:41 PM on 06/03/2011

Paid tr0ll

[Sheri Martinez]

06:48 PM on 05/05/2011

We can talk about killin' Bin Laden now, right Mr. Trump? Can we also talk about your sinking poll numbers?

[rulken]

10:02 AM on 05/12/2011

Trump was right to challenge Obama on his "birth Issue", the only trouble is Trump didn't go far enough. Just go to the post I made earlier and listen, and draw your own conclusions.
Trump made a great contribution to our country, and hopefully he will continue to do so.
God bless America

[Knightmare]

03:46 PM on 05/14/2011

No he was not!! He was wasting our valuable time. He needs to spend that time on getting a new taupe. He is a Bonified Idiot when it comes to politics. Stick to Real Estate. Just because he has money does not make him fit to be my President.

[gingers224]

06:30 AM on 05/05/2011

Trump claims to be a smart man...Is he so ignorant that he has no clue as to how foolish he looks every time he opens his mouth on politics ?? Trump do yourself a favor and us a favor, just shut up.

[Knightmare]

03:57 PM on 05/14/2011

I Will be your first Fan. You deserve it for making the most sense. Thank you.

[Lennie Barrett]

02:22 PM on 05/04/2011

I just wanna here Trump say to Obama ... "YOUR FIRED!" haha

[LeapinLu]

02:41 AM on 05/03/2011

TRUMP = 1, Obama = 0. Trump claims that he would be tough on world leaders and get results and he proved it. He demanded that Obama (leader of the free world) show his birth certificate and Obama obeyed. In his speech Obama said he was puzzled and amused at the 2 year controversy. Lets see, he admitted it was a divisive controversy yet Obama could have easily and immediately settled the controversy and been a uniter NOt a divider as HE was the only person on the planet who could have requested his birth certificate and easily put this behind the nation. Hmm so much for being Mr. Transparency.

[Imhotep40]

01:47 PM on 05/03/2011

Your reasoning is extremely flawed . . . .

TURNIP = null, Obama = not even in the same league to compare. the "leader of the free world" didn't obey or respond directly to any one of the many individuals who were demanding the optional long form birth cert. I for one wouldn't set this as a priority of any president in the Oval Office (more important "world leader" things to do). By your logic, (as for "transparency" ) you're probably pissed that the President didn't divulge the Bin Laden mission prior to the event?

[Knightmare]

04:00 PM on 05/14/2011

Well Put!

[legspin]

05:49 PM on 05/03/2011

Donald Trump asking Obama for bs information is like
someone going on a date with Trump's unintelligent daughter (either one)
and asking her to prove that
she is a female by insisting that
she show them her biological parts as a precondition
UNLESS THAT's the protocol in Trump's house

[legspin]

10:22 PM on 05/03/2011

Trump's political presence is just about as relevant to American politics as that 15th-dirty old magazine at a sperm-donor bank

[legspin]

01:55 AM on 05/03/2011

what's common between Osama Bin Laden and Donald Trump - they both attack innocent Americans!

[legspin]

07:32 PM on 05/03/2011

Trump's outlandish behavior may be a sign that perhaps this 64-year old man has hit post-menopausal senile age where he is better off "chasing" pigeons from a Central Park bench than "running" for Presidency.

[legspin]

07:15 PM on 05/10/2011

If Osama bin Laden and Sarah Palin had had a political kid, perhaps we would have had someone to compare Trump with

[legspin]

07:23 PM on 05/10/2011

It's time that Republicans picked a candidateunlike Trump that is not out to just "spark things up"
but to actually contribute some concrete plans to make America better.

For cheap thrills, America has a "visually stunning but intellectual lights-out" candidate in Sarah Palin

[legspin]

07:46 PM on 05/03/2011

Just because America seems to be in some sort of Chapter 11, Economy-wise, doesn't mean we want to consider a "bankruptcy expert" to the highest office!

[gaubladt]

10:53 PM on 05/02/2011

Is Trump going to fire the investigators he sent to Hawaii to get Obama.

[Imhotep40]

01:49 PM on 05/03/2011

No, they probably already quit because he hasn't paid any of their 90-day old invoices, and are kicking themselves for not getting their money up front . . . .