‘Born in Kenya?’ Maybe. Or ‘he said he was born in Kenya’ to get aid.
Billionaire Donald Trump has revealed he offered Barack Obama a $50 million donation to the president’s favorite charities in exchange for releasing his personal records, but Obama never responded.
“I would take it, and I’d give it to Chicago charities, and I would give it to all sorts of charities,” Trump said at a recent appearance at the National Press Club. “And they can use the money.”
Trump originally offered to give $5 million to Obama’s pick of charities if he would release his college and passport records.
WND reported that Trump wanted to know the place of birth Obama claimed when applying for college admission and aid.
But there was no deal.
At the National Press Club, Myron Belkind, president of the club, asked Trump: “Do you regret questioning President Obama’s citizenship? Why or why not?”
“Not even a little bit,” Trump replied. “I don’t regret it. Why would I regret it?”
He cited a biography distributed by Obama’s literary agent that said he was born in Kenya.
“I offered him a tremendous amount of money just to show. … I didn’t want to see his marks. I just wanted to see place of birth,” Trump said.
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