24 Oct 2012
Mr Trump's much-hyped announcement was rumoured to be anything from the publication of mythical Obama divorce papers to claims that the President dealt cocaine in college.
In fact, Mr Trump’s revelation turned out to be a bizarre “deal” to donate $5
million to charity should Mr Obama agree to release his college and passport
records.
[ed. Still no take up of the offer, interestingly...]
Claiming to be acting as “a spokesperson" for the American people,
Mr Trump made a video address on YouTube saying: “President Obama is the
least transparent president in the history of this country. There’s never
been anything like it."
[ed. Mr Trump's obvious ego and showmanship aside, this remains a very salient statement. It is very odd, especially considering Obama is two weeks away from a Presidential election in which he wants you to "trust" him, that all his secrets are under lock and key...]
He offered Mr Obama "a deal that I do not believe he can refuse and I
hope he doesn’t", vowing to immediately write a cheque to a
charity of the President's choice in return for releasing the records within
the next week.
“If he releases these records it will end the question and indeed the anger of
many Americans. They’ll know something about their president. Their
president will become transparent,” Mr Trump intoned.
Mr Trump, who led the charge in the so-called birther conspiracy and attempted
to cast doubt that the president was born in the US, had boasted earlier
this week that his revelation was set to possibly change the race for the
White House.
He told Fox News: "[I have] something very, very big concerning the president of the United States. It's going to be very big. I know one-thing – you will cover it in a very big fashion."
Mr Trump has a dubious record when it comes to allegations about Mr Obama, which has led to some commentators to question why Mitt Romney has failed to distance himself from the mogul.
The White House released Mr Obama's birth certificatel last year, showing he had been born in Hawaii and not Kenya as some conservatives had relentlessly insisted.
Mr Romney has also faced conspiracy theories of his own with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred requesting what is rumoured to be damaging information about the former governor given in sealed court records concerning the divorce case of his friend Tom Stemberg, the founder of Staples.
Mr Trump’s “revelation” came on the same day that the independent Republican superPAC American Crossroads, released a new TV advert starring Clint Eastwood.
In the commercial the Hollywood icon criticises Mr Obama's economic record and tells listeners that reelecting him for a second term would be a "rerun of the first, and our country just couldn't survive that."
He told Fox News: "[I have] something very, very big concerning the president of the United States. It's going to be very big. I know one-thing – you will cover it in a very big fashion."
Mr Trump has a dubious record when it comes to allegations about Mr Obama, which has led to some commentators to question why Mitt Romney has failed to distance himself from the mogul.
The White House released Mr Obama's birth certificatel last year, showing he had been born in Hawaii and not Kenya as some conservatives had relentlessly insisted.
[ed. The white house did no such thing. Obama presented America with an obvious computer generated forgery complete with ridiculous amateur errors, in yet another public misdirection. The real documents are under court injunction, to this day...]
Mr Romney has also faced conspiracy theories of his own with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred requesting what is rumoured to be damaging information about the former governor given in sealed court records concerning the divorce case of his friend Tom Stemberg, the founder of Staples.
Mr Trump’s “revelation” came on the same day that the independent Republican superPAC American Crossroads, released a new TV advert starring Clint Eastwood.
In the commercial the Hollywood icon criticises Mr Obama's economic record and tells listeners that reelecting him for a second term would be a "rerun of the first, and our country just couldn't survive that."
