Trump Pulls Out His Birther Bag of Tricks

The New York Times ^ | Aug. 6, 2024 | Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist

[E. Pluribus Unum]

For years, before he won the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Donald Trump was something like the spiritual leader of the Republican Party’s right-wing base. He earned his place in the hearts and minds of conservative voters by doing what most Republican politicians at the time refused to do: He attacked Barack Obama as a foreign interloper and openly questioned his right to serve as president of the United States.

Birtherism made Trump a celebrity on the right. It made him a force to reckon with in the Republican Party. It made him so popular with Republican voters that, while fighting to win the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney ventured out to Las Vegas to receive Trump’s blessing and support. “There are some things that you just can’t imagine happening in your life,” Romney said at the event. “This is one of them. Being in Donald Trump’s magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. I’m so honored and pleased to have his endorsement.”

It may not have looked like it at the time, but birtherism also put Trump in a position to win the Republican presidential nomination for himself just four years later. Birtherism sits at the foundation of Trump’s political career. It is the energy that fueled his ascent to the highest peak of American politics. And as he tries to scale that peak for a third time — and for the first time against a nonwhite opponent — he has returned to birtherism as he makes his case to the public.

[one guy in new jersey]

No.

Only Tiffany was both:

A) born in the U.S. (as were Donald Jr, Ivanka, Eric and Barron); and

B) born to U.S. citizen parents.

[sergeantdave]

Looks like the NYT scribblers are panicking over Harris numbers falling thru the floor. They join the Media Matters bots in trying to take down Trump’s numbers.

[Olog-hai]

You read too many liberal sources.

[one guy in new jersey]

Who cares what you say about This Guy.

Trump’s a good guy, and is unquestionably a U.S. Natural Born Citizen (unlike Kamala Harris).

Who’s to condemn Trump for having a thing for eastern-european women, not yet naturalized in the U.S.? Certainly not his own children by those lovely women.

[Olog-hai]

You read too many liberal sources.

[Olog-hai]

Nobody was more “birther” than Hillary Clinton.

[one guy in new jersey]

Oh.

[rx]

"Why was Fuddy murdered?"

Short answer: She wasn't murdered. She was given a (C_A-assisted) fake death, the second in her lifetime.

The USS La Jolla, a C_A training submarine under Brennan's control (see crosshatch panel image at lower left of second collage) was staffed with foreign national, military divers, ready to whisk "Loretta" away and let one of the sub crew take her place. Both John Brennan and Preezy Barry were directly involved in the operation's planning.

You should be able to elicit much greater resolution on those two images by increasing the zoom factor of your browser window.

[itsahoot]

They have clear definitions they just choose to ignore them when they interfear with their plans.

[Nifster]

You are incorrect