Washington – Obama Has ‘Better Things To Do’ Than Comment On Birther Issue

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    US President Barack Obama (R) sits beside former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg (L) while delivering remarks to members of the news media before a meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); with business, government, and national security leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 16 September 2016.  EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDSWashington – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he had better things to do than comment on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s announcement about the so-called birther question over Obama’s citizenship.

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    “I’m shocked that a question like that would come up at a time when we’ve got so many other things to do – well, I’m not that shocked actually,” Obama told reporters.

    “I was pretty confident about where I was born. I think most people were as well,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office, where he was meeting about a trade deal with Asia.

    Trump plans to address Obama’s citizenship on Friday, a day after he refused in a newspaper interview to say whether he believed Obama was born in the United States.

    “My hope would be that the presidential election reflects more serious issues than that,” said Obama, who several years ago released a longer version of his birth certificate to answer those who suggested he was not U.S. born.


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    bennyt
    bennyt
    7 years ago

    Like golfing and vacationing.

    7 years ago

    like what??? PLAY GOLF , travel all over the world on American Taxpayers accounts, etc. etc.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    7 years ago

    Like play golf??

    ayoyo
    ayoyo
    7 years ago

    Let him explain why he loves the Iranians
    so much that he’ll give the the whole middle east on a platter ,together with billions of dollars to keep that area in turmoil.
    my computer wont put a capital ‘i’ on the word israel but capitalizes all other states. nu.

    Curiosity
    Curiosity
    7 years ago

    Golf was the first thought that came to my mind too. Regardless of how busy he actually is, he will go down in history as the president who went golfing while the world burned.