Posted on 11/01/2012 3:37:36 PM PDT by Mozilla
After making a $5 million offer to President Barack Obama in exchange for his passport and college records last week (then extending his self-imposed deadline until today at noon) business mogul Donald Trump has taken to Twitter and YouTube to lambaste the president for a supposed lack of transparency. Following Obama’s failure to meet the due date, Trump spoke with TheBlaze in detail.
In an exclusive interview, he explained that the end date for the offer was extended from 5 p.m. on October 31 to this afternoon as a result of Hurricane Sandy. As for the response he’s received so far, Trump claims many Americans are confused and do not understand why Obama has refused, thus far, to release his records.
“People don’t know — people don’t understand why he wouldn’t do this,” Trump said of his offer to the president.
The businessman also reiterated that he would have gone above and beyond offering the $5 million — if Obama was willing to produce the stated documents (although he didn’t name a specific amount of money beyond that benchmark).
“If the wrong things are down in the application, he can’t be president,” Trump insisted in his Blaze interview. “There has to be something very wrong. I’m not surprised that he didn’t take it.”
As for critics who claim that Trump has acted in a racist manner in waging his attacks against Obama, the businessman flatly denied the charge.
“Any time you attack Obama, it’s a racist act,” he said, going on to say that there have been no racial elements associated with his questions about Obama’s records.
“If you attack him on the economy it’s a racist act,” he scoffed.
During today’s video announcement, Trump discussed similar themes. In addition to lambasting Obama, he noted the causes to which the president could have given the funds — to wounded warriors, the American Cancer Society or “the relatives of the victims of Benghazi.” Considering recent events, Trump called the latter option “an appropriate situation.”
“Very sadly for the country, for a charity — and for the president himself, President Obama has just missed the deadline and now a charity of his choice will not be receiving $5 million — or as I stated much more than $5 million,” Trump proclaimed in the clip.
During his Blaze interview and in an associated press release Trump also noted that Hurricane Sandy cleanup would have been another viable place for the $5 million to be allocated.
“He spent millions of dollars in legal fees to keep his records secret,” he continued in the video. ”Someday those papers will come out and people will say, you know what, Donald Trump was right.”
Watch Trump’s announcement, below:
“Trump has no following.”
Yes he does.
Donald Trump twitter: 1,747,817 Followers
Well, you ol’ grumpa....that would make me a “grumpette” methinks. Does not make me grumpy. I find it more embarrassing. I am with others in the party that just want this to go away. Makes us look foolish. Why should we be painted with Trump’s brush? The left have their looney tunes also. Why do they not get painted? Because, as we have, they just ignore it, rise above it and hope it goes away quickly. And hello to you grumpa...from this grumpette.
He got the problem with the usurper out in the public eye during early voting. What have you done?
No. He did not. No one paid any attention. Have you seen or heard a mention of this anywhere..or from anyone? I have been with alot of republicans during the primary and early voting. Not one has said one word about Trump. And I have heard not a word or read a word since his announcement. Everyone ignored him.
Trump does the country a service illustrating the fact that Obama has never released his college transcripts. Too bad the vast majority will not see it. I think Romney should have asked Obama to his face about his Connecticut SS# in the second debate.
The punk called your bluff, Donnie. Bronco Bama is stupid, but he's not THAT stupid.
” I do not know who the sub normal IQ people to whom you are referring are”
People with an IQ under 100.
Being able to write no-limit checks on someone else’s bottomless bank account, $5M is nothing to the Obama. He just spent a mere 4 years running up a million times that and stuck a billion people with the bill. To the Obama, Trump’s offer is little more than pocket lint.
Trump should offer $1M for an original copy of Obama’s college transcripts/applications. Some adventurous hacker will get into Columbia or Harvard and be rich...
You don't? :-)
Trump has no following. Not that I know of. Can’t imagine who they would be.
You can't?
I know who they are not - Obama voters.
You seem to think Trump is foolish for trying to make Obama show his cards for the first time after a four-hour card game where he brazenly bluffed nearly every hand dealt.
I certainly do. There is NO gain in it for Bronco Bama. He couldn't care less that $5 million didn't go to a charity. He knows revealing those records will destroy him, his family, and some of the reputation he has with white liberals, and maybe even a few percent of his black supporters. Maybe even a few muzzlems, Chicoms, and Russian commies.
Even if obama was suspected that Trump already had the info, he would lose in either case. Safest thing for him to do is to ignore Trump. If Trump doesn't have the goods, Donnie ends up looking really stupid. If he does have the goods, he should come out with it NOW and look like a genius. Don't wait until next Wednesday.
No. I do not know the sub normal IQ people are to whom you are referring. And.....Absolutely NO...I cannot imagine anyone following Donald Trump. Can you? Truly?
I guess I am lucky I do not know those people, babygene.
Let me put it this way... If the average IQ in this country is 100 (that’s what it was until lately). then half of the population is below the average IQ.
Half (get it; one out of two). Yes you do know these people... A disproportionate percentage of these people are democrats.
You mean half are below the median IQ.
I know some awfully smart democrats...and some not so bright. Also, the other way around though.Probably balances itself out.
“You mean half are below the median IQ.”
Good for you. you picked up on that.. True, it’s really median but even average IQ folks don’t know what median is.
Average is close enough for government work.
I think The Donald made a very well-thought-out move - go get em psychologically. Hearing the brown clown thin skinned.
Stir up the illegal alien’s pot - who knows what might float out.
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