Donald Trump says Obama should stop playing basketball and lower gas prices
Donald Trump took an unusual victory lap Wednesday after President Obama released his long-form birth certificate by praising himself.
"I am so proud of myself because I've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish," the boisterous billionaire bellowed in Portsmouth, N.H., regarding a freshly earthed document that none of his team of sleuths in Hawaii have come forward to take credit for.
Trump stoically and single-handedly assumed responsibility for inspiring the president to release the more detailed document that so many "birthers," including the real estate mogul himself, said either didn't exist or contained information that Obama didn't want to see the light of day.
And yet he still questioned its validity.
"I want to look at it, but I hope it’s true so we can get onto much more important matters, so the press can stop asking me questions. I am really honored, frankly, to have played such a big role in hopefully, hopefully, getting rid of this issue," Trump said. "We have to look at it, we have to see is it real, is it proper, what’s on it, but I hope it checks out beautifully. I am really proud; I am really honored."
"If you look at what he's doing in Libya, which is a total disaster. Nobody even knows what’s going on in Libya. If you look at what's happening with gasoline prices where he said he has no control over prices, which he does," Trump said.
He advised that Obama "gets on the phone or gets off his basketball court or whatever he is doing at the time" and pressure OPEC to lower gas prices.
The award-winning actress and singer Cher had enough and took to Twitter to call The Donald names. One we can publish here: "pompous." The other is a body part that we cannot publish. The rest of her tweet related that she "saw him in Aspen with one Dcup chick after another. Everyone up there thought he was a complete idiot."
One famous female congratulated Trump. Indeed, a certain hockey mom wanted the press to praise the developer for allowing the world to see the document so many had clamored for.
"Media, admit it: Trump forced the issue," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tweeted. Palin then advised her followers to not be distracted by the new birth certificate, and instead focus on a news conference by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Ignore President Obama's birth certificate and focus on actual news? You betcha.
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Donald Trump should shut up and produce his tax returns now that Obama has produced not one but two birth certificates which confirm that he was, in fact, born in Hawaii and is a natural-born citizen. Trump should also produce his academic records to prove he's not too stupid to be President. And, oh yeah, his bankruptcy records. We need to see those to judge for ourselves whether he's competent to lift this country out of its own bankruptcy when he continually plunges himself INTO bankruptcy.
Posted by: windrider2 | April 27, 2011 at 07:10 PM
Donald Trump is an idiot! This is an obvious case of money cannot buy intelligence. He is stupid, ignorant and obviously racist. But most of all, he is a BULLY. He talks over people, not letting them finish speaking and speaking on issues he has no knowledge - Roe vs Wade and "Privacy". Trump and Palin make such a wonderful pair of dumb and dumber.
Posted by: Manna Mosher | April 27, 2011 at 07:15 PM
Stunning idiocy.
Posted by: Charles J. Budde | April 27, 2011 at 07:15 PM
Great: The Combover COMMUNIST is demanding government control of prices instead of free market :-)
Posted by: Joe Acerbic | April 27, 2011 at 07:22 PM
Donald Trump must go away. Take your orange face make up and please disappear. Thank you.
Posted by: Michelle Simon | April 27, 2011 at 07:24 PM
ron paul 2012!
Posted by: Ron Paul 2012 | April 27, 2011 at 07:24 PM
Mr Trump, you promised to release your tax return when Obama released his BC. The ball is now in your court....
Posted by: TeflonPalin | April 27, 2011 at 07:25 PM
Donald Trump is an idiot. He is a true Narcissist who should be committed for his latest campaign to draw attention to himself and show his racist view and spread fear that the leader of the US is somehow less worthy of the position to pump himself up in an attempt to lead people to believe that he should be president of the US. I also believe that if anyone thinks that someone like Donald Trump could do this job they are seriously deluded.
Donald Trump shows some serious delusions of grandeur and should be assessed for his mental state of mind. He is the perfect example of a fraudulent human being in my opinion.
Posted by: Matt | April 27, 2011 at 07:27 PM
Thr is a tips to mr TRUMP: If president obama takes more than 2 years to release a birth certificate, can he really do anything he promise to the american people? if yes how long will it take?
Posted by: STEPHANE | April 27, 2011 at 07:27 PM
Stop giving so much attention to Donald Trump. Don't bother with his self-aggrandizing preening and insults to the president of the United States.
Posted by: P Harpole | April 27, 2011 at 07:28 PM
At first when Donald , was on camera saying he would run for president. I said Nah! After today I want him to RUN,,,,,someone has got to have the Nerve to stand up for AMERICA.!!!!!! ;) (Go get him Tiger)
Posted by: Fran | April 27, 2011 at 07:29 PM
Trump is slick..he DID get O'Buma to show his birth certificate...WOW...something no one else can do...whomever votes for O 'Buma is sick...don't you folks get it? If Trump can do this, he can do anything!!! Americans, please do not make the same mistake twice...if you do we are DONE...Thank God we have a savior...
Posted by: Gina Rush | April 27, 2011 at 07:34 PM
Yeah Donald, and you should get off the golf course and get to your hair piece stylist to try and get your money back.
You don't have any answers, just criticisms. Open your mouth and say something intelligent . . . . . . . .
Posted by: Dave | April 27, 2011 at 07:42 PM
Palin: admit it: birthers are racist. What other sitting president has had to produce a birth certificate? Now that his "long form" is posted, can you try to be relevant? You will never be interesting, so just shoot for relevant.
Posted by: None | April 27, 2011 at 07:43 PM
Another home run, Donald! Wow- from Birth Certificate to basketball! You really know what this Country needs! Tell you what, squirrel-headed loud mouth, how about if YOU stop playing tough guy on really bad "reality" shows and contribute to lowering gas prices or solving some other issues the huddled masses are facing.
Posted by: Ed Norton | April 27, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Responsible for getting past the issue? If it weren't for him it wouldn't be an issue!
Posted by: Nathan S | April 27, 2011 at 07:50 PM
Perhaps the Donald should have his DNA checked to see if he's human!
Posted by: Lee Renney | April 27, 2011 at 07:58 PM
Hope Trump knows what he's doing. He's poking his stick at the White House now, not Rosie O'Donnell and a bunch of ladies on The View.
Posted by: Fletcha | April 27, 2011 at 08:00 PM
The birth certificate controversy is symptomatic of this country's descent into ignorance. It is symptomatic of the republican party's degradation and devolution. Donald Trump is the poster child for the celebrity generation, and the tsunami of pointless "entertainment" that is dragging this country and it's people into a bottomless pit of stupidity. It's depressing. We are putty in the hands of hucksters like Trump, and political hacks who find it easy to distract our attention with meaningless slogans and trumped up issues that are little more than a smokescreen for the corporate takeover of our lives. Can we have really lost the ability to tell fact from fiction, serious issues from horse manure, and crucially important decisions from entertainment. It is a sad day for America. The future looks bleak. Not because of some bad guy politician, but because of our own gullibility and willingness to follow transparent pied pipers of cultural disintegration.
Posted by: Durel Wiley | April 27, 2011 at 08:00 PM
I happen to think Donald Trump is a little immature if not totally childish which is one of the reasons why I dont think he is serious about running for president.If he thinks the birther issue is the way to go then I must have previously given Donald Trump a lot of credit more than he actually deserves. Is it just me, the man comes across as being pompous and not to mention arrogant all qualities not fitting for a wannabe leader of the free world. For a man that has been married multiple times to foreign women he has a lot of nerve talking about someone else's birth place.
Posted by: Suzgo Gondwe | April 27, 2011 at 08:02 PM
Stop playing basketball? No racist overtones there, huh buddy?
Posted by: Daniel Lovejoy | April 27, 2011 at 08:07 PM
says the rich guy in the limo. Being president is just another acquistion for him. he makes me sick. He, and the rest of the GOP and their lurid candidates think the US Crisis is something to win an election by and lift nary a finger to help. They do, however, support oil companies, funnel their money to foreign banks and outsource -so believe me, when you are starving and have to spend all your lfie savings on a loaf of bread -they'll be ok, don't worry.
Posted by: sgreco | April 27, 2011 at 08:08 PM
He has completely lost his mind and therefore will probably win the Republican nomination! At least I hope so. Biggest landslide in history.
Posted by: Sarah | April 27, 2011 at 08:13 PM
Plain and simple DONALD TRUMPIS A RACIST. There is nothing about birth certificate, 43 presidents and this is the only one being asked for HIS PAPERS, how can anyone say this is not RACISM. Republicans need to remember BLACK PEOPLE WILL BE VOTING in the 2012 election.
Posted by: m_jordanaddo@yahoo.com | April 27, 2011 at 08:13 PM
Donald Trump is a pathetic human being and those who stay in his corner are even more pathetic than he is.
He belongs to the junkyard of history!!
Posted by: feadjep | April 27, 2011 at 08:14 PM
you have lost your creditability with me, you no longer are worth watching at all, you do not talk from facts but hearsay, and you have now lied, Cnn has exposed you. for what you are, your a stirrer of crap. and I see your type all the time . Money makes you nothing , only get you things, but things do not make you a good person, as far as Im concerned your nothing but low class scum and you need to stop it. I will no longer read anything you have to say and when I see your chubby face on tv I will turn the channel. I now point and laugh at the man with no ability to tell truth and has fallin to the ranks of the low lives that seem to live for the crap you stif
Posted by: Lisa | April 27, 2011 at 08:20 PM
I use to have respect for Donald Trump but no longer. I thought he was an intelligent human being but no longer. He has shown that he is just a racist idiot. Nothing President Obama does will ever be good enough to appease this type of stupidity. I think this issue is just a distraction to keep the Americans from focusing on the fact that the rich and corporations are not paying their fair share.
Posted by: TERRY | April 27, 2011 at 08:26 PM
Trump should produce his birth certificate in original and his baptismal certificate, his tax returns for the past 10 years and his police records. If Republicans are satisfied with these revelations, they should nominate him as their presidential candidate. We can all look forward to a great debate.
Posted by: Samelson | April 27, 2011 at 08:27 PM
Listen- Trump is a bit of a moron. But Obama is much worse as a president than Trump is that moron.
Posted by: Jeff | April 27, 2011 at 08:29 PM
yes, he should reduce gas prices by subsidizing oil companies further. Why? So that Donald Trump can travel in his limousine and his helicopter while the common man pays part of his salary so that oil companies can prosper and their executives can play golf on islands.
Posted by: george | April 27, 2011 at 08:32 PM
More & more, Donald Trump is showing America he gets things done. Obama senses he is in trouble, just not on policy matters which the press won't call him out on. In 2008, Obama was the celebrity candidate but in reality he is a community organizer not qualified to be President. Trump is calling out Obama on everything the press should be & should have. Obama is not an effective President & Trump is an effective negotiator who believes in America. One last thought, enough democrat party with the childish accusations of racism every time someone questions Obama. Remember how you mercilessly attacked everything about George W Bush? Democrats don't believe in a fair society after all.
Posted by: BLACKREPUBLICAN | April 27, 2011 at 08:33 PM
SELF - TRUMPING - JUST KEEP IT UP!!
Posted by: paula | April 27, 2011 at 08:36 PM
Just a reminder: Donald Trump said in 2000, that he would have raised money by a one-time estate tax on anyone with over $10M.
Posted by: gerrrg | April 27, 2011 at 08:37 PM
I am a republican and I am voting for President Obama. The country is going bankrupt and I want to make sure he gets the blame he deserves.
Posted by: David Wayne | April 27, 2011 at 08:38 PM
What a stupid thing to say. At least Obama can play basketball !
What a perfect Republican candidate Trump makes.
A self gloating disgusting billionaire who exploits the poor to feed his wealth. Distorts the truth to camouflage his own deception.
He can’t wait to personify his ultra ego into the United States Military where he can wipe out countries who will not comply to his demands.
I can’t imagine a greater threat to nuclear war than this man.
He already has made it clear that Saudi Ababia exists only because ‘we allow them to’, and that China is our enemy.
He’s a billionaire with the brains of a selfish five year old who will go to any extreme to get what he wants.
The world will hate this guy as he exemplifies the absolute worst example of a capitalist out of control with greed and power.
He didn’t WIN anything over Obama, he was just proved wrong, and he can’t even get beyond his ego to see that.
He needs to go back to the troff and suck up another huge portion of garbage. You are what you eat.
Posted by: Jim Dcahfer | April 27, 2011 at 08:38 PM
He'll next be asking if Soetero got into Harvard via the affirmative action route.
Worshippers of the Obamessiah won't like it, but it's a legitimate question.
He got an affirmative action Nobel Prize after all - yea without merit. He's getting a pass from the "progressives" about keeping the torture camp at Guantanamo going, and keeping the multiple futile foreign wars going. He's getting a pass about expanding the Patriot Act and enhancing the TSA goons.
I would reckon that this individual, whoever the heck he is, was picked out by the likes of Rahm Emmanuel, precisely because of his murky background and ease of being blackmailed. A good little sockpuppet.
Posted by: Clark Douglas | April 27, 2011 at 08:40 PM
Donald Trump is a Business man, He will make the people alot of money, even though he is saying some very faul language, Somebody has stand up and say somthing for this huge deficit we are in. I think He is very angry as we all should be.
Posted by: chicken shitt | April 27, 2011 at 08:41 PM
Waiting for the tax return, Mr Trump. Are you going to prove yourself a liar? We see through your obfuscations.
P.S. We know you aren't orange. The hands do not match the face.
Posted by: Ceunei | April 27, 2011 at 08:43 PM
No mere man can save us from the mess that has been created. It will only continue to get worse in phases no matter who is elected. The only answer for our predicament is the return of the Lord Jesus Christ his wrathful punishment of the wicked.
Posted by: TruthTeller | April 27, 2011 at 08:43 PM
Donald Trump really needs to get over himself already.
Posted by: Lori | April 27, 2011 at 08:46 PM
Way to go Don. I am glad someone finally pushed this issue to make sure Obama meets natural born citizen requirements. Finally.....someone other than myself who sees this traitor and racist for who he really is.
Posted by: Ray | April 27, 2011 at 08:46 PM
LOL, gotta love Trump. I'm glad Trump finally forced a stop to the "birther" issue.
Obama could have settled it as a candidate 3 years ago out of respect for the Constitution. This has proven to me that he only has respect for the Constitution when it reinforces his personal agendas. BTW, he also wasted the court's time resisting the lawsuits that sought the certificate's release.
NOW we get on to real issues, like Obama's and his appointees' frivolous approach to energy strategy, budget deficits, high taxes, Second Amendment rights, implied hostility to sucessful people and businesses, plus a host of other things that are absolutely maddening. Each issue by itself is enough for me to fire him in 2012, to use Trump's terminology.
Posted by: TxCharlie | April 27, 2011 at 08:46 PM
Mr. Chapter 11 (Donald Trump) is a shameless carney. He should stick to what he knows best: getting taken to the cleaners by one wife after another.
Posted by: Ninong | April 27, 2011 at 08:48 PM
We are giving this guy way too much attention. First he talks about birth certificate, now the president comes out to dispute it, he talks about basketball? Media outlets, you are being played! He's probably laughing at you right now. Why don't the media criticize him when he spreads false information? So far, I have seen one guy from ABC criticizing him and Trump cannot answer the question. The media's job is not only to be critical of the government, but also be critical about people who takes advantage of anti-government parade. Just because you are free from the government does not mean you should stick with people who are fooling around.
Posted by: Jenkin | April 27, 2011 at 08:48 PM
Why is it people think its racist to ask for a President's birth certificate? If there is doubt don't you wanna stop the criticism dead in its tracks? Seems like everyones mad because Obama has finally done something as President. He has been sitting in Washington doing just as much as Bush did. Adding to the U.S. debt. Someone steps up to love his country and want us to be great again and we hate him. Shame on us!! Seems to me high gas and food prices is what we all want.
Posted by: Brian Arnold | April 27, 2011 at 08:49 PM
Lets get real. You want THIS guy working on a US nuclear disaster like Fukushima?
Posted by: StreetVoice | April 27, 2011 at 08:49 PM
Will the media please ignore this idiot? Donald is only a realty mogul and entertainer now. Like McMahon, Whitman, Fiorna and other millionaires, he is out of touch and wastes our time with his pompous and trivial agenda.
Posted by: JoeAmerica | April 27, 2011 at 08:50 PM
Donald Trump needs to shut the hell up. He never will be president. He is a very shallow minded person and is not educated. Its obvious the man is Jealous of Obama
Posted by: norcomspe | April 27, 2011 at 08:50 PM
I have seen a web site which published Obama's birth certificate from Kenya. It says that he was born there.
Which is the real birth certificate and which is the forgery? One would think that given the length of time it has taken Obamites to provide one would be indicative that theirs is the forgery. Then again, the Hawaiian document stills says that it is a Certificate of Live Birth and not a Birth Certificate. There is a legal difference.
In either case, that his father was Kenyan disqualifies Obama from serving in the office of President of the United States, according to the Constitution.
Posted by: scoutonymous | April 27, 2011 at 08:51 PM
Oh thank goodness, I must admit, with mortgage, gas prices, student loans, raising kids, working overtime, lack of sleep, and a laundry list of other things I should worry about, I just couldn't think about any of it until I saw the President of the United States's Long Form Birth Certificate. Now I can finally start worrying about all that petty stuff.
Posted by: RatRob | April 27, 2011 at 08:52 PM