Trump Apparently Wants Credit For ENDING Birtherism

Well, Trump is back saying and tweeting stupid shit again.  His big problem now appears to be that either he or someone in his campaign thought they had a great idea on how to deal with Donald's Birther history before he is questioned on it during the debates. 

I have a feeling it was Donald himself who came up with this great idea on how to handle his Birther problem -- but in any event, thanks to the deployment of this new strategy, Trump actually made himself look worse on the Birther issue, something I didn't think was possible. 

His new take on the matter is that Hillary started Birtherism in 2008 -- a lie that every one of his surrogates seems willing to perpetuate -- and that Donald actually came to Obama's defense by looking into the matter.  His apparently position now is: "Evil Hillary's allegation against Obama, thanks to me, has now been thoroughly debunked and that I, The Donald, should actually be praised because I was the one who put the issue to bed once and for all when I forced Obama to release his long-form birth certificate."

That's why Trump's surrogates have been saying for weeks that Hillary started the Birther movement -- they were laying the groundwork for this strategy.  Now they are saying stuff like, "well, this issue was resolved years ago" -- i.e., they are trying to re-write history by saying that Birtherism was an issue during Obama's first term, but thanks to Donald's leadership, that issue was resolved five years ago and we can now move on to the matter of Making America Great Again.

The problem with this new strategy is there is no evidence Hillary started Birtherism or that anyone in her 2008 Campaign was even questioning Obama's birth records.  That "story" has been debunked by more than one news organization.  An even bigger problem is that by not apologizing to Obama for Birtherism, Trump is basically stating that it was a legitimate issue to spend a metric fuck-ton of time on and not the fringe conspiracy theory that it actually was.  In other words, he basically doubled down on Birtherism. 

I have a feeling the Media isn't going to let him get away with this. From what I've seen lately, media and press folks are starting to get fed up with Trump and all his bullshit.