‘Was There A Birth Certificate?’: Trump Battles ABC’s Jon Karl Over Obama’s, Ted Cruz’s Citizenship

MediaIte ^ | 08/12/2013 | Evan McMurry

[SeekAndFind]

Potential 2016 presidential contender Donald Trump spoke to ABC’s Jonathan Karl Sunday morning and reignited the birther issue that he helped spark back in 2011, questioning the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate and wondering whether Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada, was eligible to president.

“Was there a birth certificate?” Trump asked. “You tell me. Some people say that was not his birth certificate. I’m saying I don’t know. Nobody knows. And you don’t know, either, Jonathan. You’re a smart guy, you don’t know, either.”

“I’m pretty convinced he was born in the United States,” Karl said.

“Ah! Pretty convinced,” Trump said, and rolled over Karl’s objections that he was 100% sure Obama was an American citizen. “Pretty sure is not acceptable.”

Trump made Obama’s birth certificate a major issue in his aborted 2012 run for the GOP nomination, ultimately leading to Obama releasing his longform birth certificate.

Karl asked Trump if the Canadian-born Cruz was eligible for the office. (Cruz’s mother is an American citizen.)

“If he was born in Canada, then perhaps not,” Trump said. “That will be ironed out. I don’t know the circumstances. If he says he was born in Canada, that’s his thing.”

Watch the full clip below, via ABC News:

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[nascarnation]

Trump the Chump put the BC on the front burner in the summer and turned off the gas in November.....

[SeekAndFind]

Yes, but is he right about Ted Cruz’s eligibility for POTUS?

[Tupelo]

Only a fool debates a liar or an imbecile.

[Cowboy Bob]

Cruz should claim that he was born in Hawaii, and present a photoshopped birth certificate...just like Obama.

H should then challange people to proved that he wasn’t born in Hawaii.

[Mr. K]

Trump could have demolished pResident Soetoro after the release of the LFBC because it was immediately shown to be fraudulent

He could have harped on that 10 TIMES as much as before and that would have been the end of Obama...

But instead the TV network gave him a $34million dollar contract to do another year of shows (anyone remember that show anymore?) and he shut up...

...when it was already beginning to go downhill in the ratings,

[Mr. K]

That would be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In fact, use OBAMA’S!!!!!
just replace the name

[Red Steel]

Karl asked Trump if the Canadian-born Cruz was eligible for the office.

Just as I predicted. The OBot A-birfers like Karl will go after Cruz.

[Perdogg]

Not just the Obots.

[cripplecreek]

Trump is working for the democrats.

[Obadiah]

Ted Cruz for President!

[cripplecreek]

All I know is that Ted Cruz shows a lot more respect for the constitution than 99% of his colleagues.

[Red Steel]

I doubt it. Trump works for Trump.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

All I know is I’m the same age as Obama, and my BC looks NOTHING like his. It looks exactly 51 years old, and unless B. Hussein had his locked in a vacuum sealed safe for the past 51 years, that is not an original BC.

[Boonie]

Maybe Trump decided he didn’t want a car accident, a plane crash, a mugging that turned into a shooting...Maybe he decided he didn’t want to be “found” in bed with a Jamaican prostitute in some derelict NY hotel and not remember how he got there after passing out eating dinner in some exclusive restaurant....
Maybe he and Justice Roberts decided what was really best for their own health and welfare.

[Boonie]

It would also be nice for schools to teach the difference between “then” and “than”.....

[cripplecreek]

All I know is that I trust Don King over Donald Trump.

[Red Steel]

I doubt Cruz is running.

[Tau Food]

When asked if Cruz (born while his American citizen mother was in Canada) is eligible, Trump should simply say, "I'm a businessman. I know how to get things done. I'm not an historian.I'm not a legal expert. I just know how to get things done and I think I could get a lot done for this country as president."

Like a lot of other people, he let his animus toward Obama lead him into a birther trap that he now needs to escape. I hope he learns from that experience.

Ted Cruz - 2016