Please note this article from 1/23/15 - ONE YEAR AGO -
Oldest reference I have found, and Trump raised it then, then again in the summer, said no problem in August, and recently again. This is a year in the making and you can paint it as innocent if it so fits your needs but facts are not on your side. He is trying to cast doubt on his closest competitor, like the others, without going full Alinsky which is why the right commentators got on him for the last time he attacked Cruz. I don’t care if he attacks Cruz but he could at least be HONEST.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Billionaire Donald Trump, the most prominent “birther†to question Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as president, asserted Friday that Sen. Ted Cruz must clear up legal doubts about his own eligibility due to his birth outside the United States.
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“It’s a problem. It could be a difficult problem, but he admits that he was born in Canada,†Trump told reporters in Iowa on the eve of the first major gathering of 2016 presidential hopefuls.
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/01/donald-trump-says-ted-cruzs-canadian-birth-could-be-a-difficult-problem-for-2016-bid.html/
That is all true, but the recent kerfluffle is in response to a question he was asked by a reporter...he (Trump) did not bring it up. He merely said it is being talked about and it is a concern for Republicans. He did not raise it himself. Is he coy, Yes, and it is fair game, just as is Cruz’s ability to reply in kind if he chooses to. It’s politics. What do you think will happen when it is just those two left, they’re not going to have a beer summit together.
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this wasnt contrived by both of them to get this all out in the open ahead of time. Basically takes the topic off the table now.