Trump has established firmly that he still pretends that the whole "Birther" insanity was and is valid.
His trick response of saying that it isn't up to him to correct the lies of people who support him, unfortunately indicates to me, that he has no intention of leading a government based on facts and logic, but instead will try to play into the existing assumptions of anyone willing to vote for him, so that he can gain the power to do other things he wants to do.
Granted, this is the most Republican thing about his candidacy (the bulk of the rest of the GOP power structure opposes most of his proposals), but it's not a good one.
the birther insanity isn't insane- my family has lived in Hawaii since 1934- we know the difference between a certificate of live birth which Obama first offered as his birth certificate and a long form birth certificate wich showed he was an African American in 1962- blacks were called negroes - how many different of his birth certificate did he offer up I found at least 3 different versions- He is an American due to his mother- he doesn't meet the residence quals to be president- look up Obama's biological father
1. nowhere does the birth certificate list the childs race, just the father being from AFRICA as african,,,and the mother as caucasian
2. the certification of livebirth is a a short form where as the certificate of live birth is the long form ..OBama released the short form (which is what the state department issues as official) in 2008 and after birthers requested a long form ,his certificate of live birth was released as well
3.the residency requirement of the constitution is 14 years, of which OBama has lived here and then some,,,
you're kinda wrong there... there only 3 requirements:
1. Only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents at least one of whom was a U.S. citizen at the time) may serve president of the United States, though from time to time that requirement is called into question, recently in the case of potential 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas), who was born in Canada to Cuban-born father and a U.S-born mother.
2.One must also be at least 35 years of age to be president. John F. Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president; he was 43 years old when he was inaugurated in 1961. There is no maximum age limit set forth in the Constitution. Ronald Reagan was the oldest president; at the end of his term in 1988, he was nearly 77.
3. Finally, one must live in the United States for at least 14 years to be president, in addition to being a natural-born citizen. The Constitution is vague on this point. For example, it does not make clear whether those 14 years need to be consecutive or what the precise definition of residency is. So far, however, this requirement has not been challenged.
These are the only explicit criteria in the Constitution.
