Thread: Trump’s ‘big’ announcement: $5M in exchange for Obama’s college records

Trump’s ‘big’ announcement: $5M in exchange for Obama’s college records

y Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News
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By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 5 mins ago

Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, reality TV star and de facto leader of the "birther" movement, made his "big announcement" about President Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying he would give $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice in exchange for releasing his college records and passport application.

"Barack Obama is the least transparent president in the history of this country," Trump said in the video shot from his New York office and uploaded to YouTube. "I'm very honored to have gotten him to release his long-form birth certificate or whatever it may be."

"I have a deal for the president," Trump continued. "If Barack Obama opens up and gives his college records and applications and if he gives his passport applications and records I will give for a charity of his choice--inner-city children in Chicago, American Cancer Society, AIDS research, anything he wants--a check immediately for $5 million."

In an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Monday, Trump said, "I have something very, very big concerning the president of the United States. I will be announcing it sometime probably Wednesday and it's going to be very big."

"Will it change the election?" co-host Gretchen Carlson asked Trump. "Possibly," Trump replied. "It's very big—bigger than anybody would know."

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Trump to give $5 million to charity if Obama releases records


NEW YORK | Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:46pm EDT


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump offered to pay $5 million to the charity of President Barack Obama's choice if Obama releases his college and passport records, the real estate mogul and television personality said on Wednesday.

"Frankly, it's a check that I very much want to write," Trump said in a YouTube video released via his Twitter and Facebook pages.

Trump has questioned whether Obama's birth certificate issued by the state of Hawaii is legitimate, suggesting Obama was not born in the United States, which could have made him ineligible for the White House. The White House released the long-form copy of Obama's birth certificate in 2011.

Trump did not say what he expected the college and passports records to reveal but was specific in saying he wanted to see all of Obama's college applications and records and his passport applications and records.

"President Obama is the least transparent president in the history of this country," Trump said in the video.

"If he releases these records it will end the question and indeed the anger of many Americans."

Trump, who had toyed with the idea of running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, said the deadline for the release of the documents was 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) on October 31.

Trump to give $5 million to charity if Obama releases records | Reuters

Poor Donald. He must not be getting enough attention lately.

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