CPAC2014: Donald Trump, Birther Till Death

[DonViejo]

By David Weigel

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—In the weeks since Donald Trump scrapped with BuzzFeed, and since he gave Breitbart an exclusive pack of lies about how the site and its reporter had screwed him, I've come to think it was a brilliant stunt. Well, "brilliant" might oversell it. But Trump isn't entirely ignorant about the media, and he's started to learn how the conservative movement works. Isn't it possible that he baited BuzzFeed so he could attack the site from the right?

If so, it worked. Trump got a remarkably positive response at CPAC, even though his speech was marked by his standard nativist incoherence. (Most reporters in the room mocked him for referring to "the late Jimmy Carter." Carter is not dead.) While at CPAC, he did another exclusive with Breitbart, and stopped by—deep breath here—

"Celebrating American Entrepreneurship Reception with Donald Trump, sponsored by Citizens United and Young America's Foundation."

I reached the reception long after the "crudites shooters" and mini-bratwursts were gone, but right in time for Trump to answer a question about Barack Obama's citizenship. The mogul/laughingstock insisted that "an ABC reporter, who I respect" had totally been bested by him when the question came up.

"Where do you think he was born?" said Trump, quoting himself. "Do you think he was born here? He was like, 'I don't know, I'm not sure.' When I walk down the street, I have more people screaming at me—'Don't forget the birth certificate. It's the craziest thing! I have more people that shout out their car windows—that is not an issue that has not resonated.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Aside from Trump being a liar and general asshole...

the only thing about him that Celebrates American Entrepreneurship is that he could take his father's fortune and destroy it through 3 bankruptcies and never have shown a profit in any of his ventures but still has enough people conned that he can live the life of the rich and he actually gets a microphone.

To me, that's genius. Evil genius, perhaps, but how many can get away with that incredible amount of bullshit?`

[muntrv]

2. ..Oh and watch "The Apprentice" this season!