Donald Trump, who appears to be attempting a run for President on the Birther platform, offered his birth certificate to right-wing website Newsmax in order to prove a point about how easy it is to produce one.
Except, it isn't one, the Smoking Gun notes:
“It's inconceivable that, after four years of questioning, the president still hasn't produced his birth certificate,” Trump told Newsmax. “I'm just asking President Obama to show the public his birth certificate. Why's he making an issue out of this?" To prove how easy it was for a household employee to find his birth certificate, Trump, 64, crowed, “It took me one hour to get my birth certificate.”
As seen above, he provided the conservative web site with what he purports to be his birth certificate.
Except the document is not an official New York City birth certificate, but rather a document generated by Jamaica Hospital, where Trump's mother Mary reportedly gave birth in June 1946. Official birth certificates are issued (and maintained) by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Office of Vital Records.
What's Donald Trump trying to hide?
Previously…
Watch: Donald Trump Explains Why He's a Birther in Feverish Rant on 'Fox and Friends' [tr]
