The second assertion you make is false! It is NOT the least bit improbable that Obama was lied to, and has been himself lying, about his birthplace, because, if he was not born in Hawaii, his mother had a substantial reason to lie, from the day of his birth, because: If Obama was born in Hawaii, he was a citizen; if he was not born in Hawaii, he has never been a citizen.
There’s no particular virtue in being a “provocateur” if all you are really doing is mouthing off uninformed nonsense that other people, if they have the patience, are “provoked” into correcting.
And that little detail would have never come up before the intrepid birthers figured it all out a year ago?