Posted on 11/01/2012 3:37:36 PM PDT by Mozilla
After making a $5 million offer to President Barack Obama in exchange for his passport and college records last week (then extending his self-imposed deadline until today at noon) business mogul Donald Trump has taken to Twitter and YouTube to lambaste the president for a supposed lack of transparency. Following Obama’s failure to meet the due date, Trump spoke with TheBlaze in detail.
In an exclusive interview, he explained that the end date for the offer was extended from 5 p.m. on October 31 to this afternoon as a result of Hurricane Sandy. As for the response he’s received so far, Trump claims many Americans are confused and do not understand why Obama has refused, thus far, to release his records.
“People don’t know — people don’t understand why he wouldn’t do this,” Trump said of his offer to the president.
The businessman also reiterated that he would have gone above and beyond offering the $5 million — if Obama was willing to produce the stated documents (although he didn’t name a specific amount of money beyond that benchmark).
“If the wrong things are down in the application, he can’t be president,” Trump insisted in his Blaze interview. “There has to be something very wrong. I’m not surprised that he didn’t take it.”
As for critics who claim that Trump has acted in a racist manner in waging his attacks against Obama, the businessman flatly denied the charge.
“Any time you attack Obama, it’s a racist act,” he said, going on to say that there have been no racial elements associated with his questions about Obama’s records.
“If you attack him on the economy it’s a racist act,” he scoffed.
During today’s video announcement, Trump discussed similar themes. In addition to lambasting Obama, he noted the causes to which the president could have given the funds — to wounded warriors, the American Cancer Society or “the relatives of the victims of Benghazi.” Considering recent events, Trump called the latter option “an appropriate situation.”
“Very sadly for the country, for a charity — and for the president himself, President Obama has just missed the deadline and now a charity of his choice will not be receiving $5 million — or as I stated much more than $5 million,” Trump proclaimed in the clip.
During his Blaze interview and in an associated press release Trump also noted that Hurricane Sandy cleanup would have been another viable place for the $5 million to be allocated.
“He spent millions of dollars in legal fees to keep his records secret,” he continued in the video. ”Someday those papers will come out and people will say, you know what, Donald Trump was right.”
Watch Trump’s announcement, below:
Trump is an idiot.
Sorry Donald, you’ve jumped the shark.
Maybe next election cycle.
Translated, he didn’t have anything.
Trump is a hack who has been using people to get into the limelight. He has nothing of value to offer.
Yes. I agree. He is starting to look pathetic. Wants the attention.
The fact remains, he made the offer, he ponied up the cash, Obama still kept his records secret.
IMHO, as long as he has gone this far, he might as well double-down.
Get some other people to cough up a mil or two. If the kitty gets up to something like $50 million, people are going to seriously start to wonder what Obama is trying to hide.
The fact remains, he made the offer, he ponied up the cash, Obama still kept his records secret.
IMHO, as long as he has gone this far, he might as well double-down.
Get some other people to cough up a mil or two. If the kitty gets up to something like $50 million, people are going to seriously start to wonder what Obama is trying to hide.
OK now go away.
Please stop making up look bad Donald. You’re done!
No they aren’t. It will just make Trump look crazier and crazier. One does not ever dignify something like this in politics. Rise above it. ..or dignify it period.
This is very lame. I thought maybe he had the passport application or something because it kept referencing that specifically. But, apparently, he has NADA. All his cash and he’s got exactly nothing. He either didn’t look very hard, is full of crap or this stuff is nailed down in a vault 20,000 leagues under the sea somewhere.
“Trump is an idiot.”
I don’t think so. The message Trump was amplifying was that Obama has something to hide... And he’s right and he’s willing to put his money where his mouth is. I of course would vote for anyone over Obama, so it didn’t effect me, but to a portion of the sub-normal IQ folks it has to raise a question.
Someone has to keep this question out there... Why not produce the documents if there’s nothing to hide?
Trump has a big following and there will be folks that won’t vote for him based on this.
Even idiots have to ask themselves..”Why won’t he free up his records?” Can they really be that bad? Could they really disqualify him? Could they take down the whole Democrat Party leadership? Could it shake the country to its foundations? IMHO...Damn right it could! The Donald may be a bit of a showboat but in this case “Money is talking and BS is walking”.
I disagree. I do not know anyone who is interested in anything Trump is doing. This includes the Republican Party chiefs in Texas. I have not heard one word about this since Trump first made this announcement. No one cares. He just looks foolish. I do not know who the sub normal IQ people to whom you are referring are. Guess I am lucky. I like my world. :-)
Also, we have not, nor will we ever, hear one word from the Romney campaign re: the President’s college records or birth certificate. Trump has no following. Not that I know of. Can’t imagine who they would be.
Trump is rumored to have a seat in the upcoming Romney Admin.
Secretary of Offense
There are a lot of charities in New York and New Jersey that could use with $5 million right now. But Obama doesn’t care.
The Donald should spend his $5M in Chicago and Gurnee to investigate “Bath-House Barry”, a wild limo ride, life on the down-low and on the “program” at TUCC, and the death of Wright’s choir director, Donald Young. Maybe Trump can media-whore with Gloria Allred and then truly help Donald Young’s mother get some answers. No justice, no peace. $5M in 5 days...might help.
Trump an idiot. The posters on this board are becoming grouchy old men— each one try to prove he is grouchiest than the last. I say go Trump.
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