Scholar and walking punch line Donald Trump is really getting serious about this whole 2012 presidential run bullshit. And why shouldn't he, when he's already got Lewis Black and Rush Limbaugh on his side, and he's only the third least popular figure in NYC. But Trump made a dangerous move yesterday during a visit with the ladies of The View: he came out of the closet as a birther.
Trump said he felt President Obama was probably born in the USA...but if so, then why won't he show his birth certificate? "I want him to show his birth certificate. I want him to show his birth certificate. There's something on that birth certificate that he doesn't like...I really believe there's a birth certificate. Why doesn't he show his birth certificate? And you know what? I wish he would. I think it's a terrible pale that's hanging over him," he barked at the hosts. Of course, it isn't like President Obama has ever shown it before. Trump just has a sixth sense for sketchy things. Whoopi Goldberg called his line of questioning, "the biggest pile of dog mess I've heard in ages." Here's the video:
Of course, some doubting Thomases are convinced that Trump is just trolling the media—Slate editor Steve Kornacki even bet every cent in his savings account that Trump's name won't be on the New Hampshire primary ballot next year. But Trump said that he would make a decision before June, and has plans to deliver a speech in Iowa, the all-important campaign state, just around that time. He declared recently, "If I run and if I win, this country will be respected again." And certainly, anyone who doesn't respect him with have some serious hell toupee.
