White House criticizes Trump’s ‘birther’ comments on Obama
April 11th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.10 (ANI): A White House adviser, David Plouffe, has criticized businessman Donald Trump’s comments questioning President Barack Obama’s place of birth, saying it will not sway American public opinion.
“I hope he keeps on rising (in the polls) because there’s zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people to do this job. There may be a small part of the country that believes these things, but mainstream Americans think it’s a sideshow,” Fox News quoted Plouffe as saying.
Trump will decide whether he will run for the White House in 2012 by June. Recent polls show his popularity has risen since he took up the “birther” cause.
Only “natural born citizens” are eligible to be president under the US Constitution.
Trump has questioned the authenticity of official documents showing Obama was born in Hawaii. The president has produced a certificate of live birth, and Hawaii newspapers have carried his birth announcement.
Trump said, “This is not a conspiracy on my part. If he (Obama) wasn’t born in this country, he shouldn’t be the president of the United States.” (ANI)
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