Can you believe this?
He takes credit for all of this.
Came to our beloved state of NH.
Making an ass of himself.







.'I'm very proud of myself'
Trump takes credit for Obama's release of birth certificate
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Donald Trump talks with members of the press at Newick's Lobster House in Dover, his last stop for the day on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Trump traveled around the Portsmouth area visiting businesses and talking with members of the media.
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Moments after the White House released the long form of President Obama's birth certificate, showing the president was indeed born in Hawaii, the real estate mogul and reality TV host who pushed the question of Obama's birthplace touched down at the Pease trade center in Portsmouth.

As the curtained siding of the hangar rolled up, Trump could be seen striding from a black helicopter marked with his name to the podium where dozens of journalists awaited. There he paused until the TV cameras were ready to roll.

"Today I'm very proud of myself because I've accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish," Trump said. "I was just informed while on the helicopter that our president has finally released a birth certificate."

It was a theme the possible presidential candidate would trumpet throughout his day in New Hampshire, as he toured a manufacturing facility in Newington, visited a diner in Portsmouth and walked the city's streets. Wherever he went, Trump was swarmed by reporters, cameramen and passers-by seeking photos and autographs. Burly security men guarded his every side.

Word about the birth certificate spread before Trump's appearances along his route. At Newick's Lobster House in Dover, Trump walked by the table of Bill and Judi McShane, a Cape Cod couple who said they like the idea of a businessman in the White House. Bill McShane said he had been glad to hear about the form's release.

"I think we can thank Donald for that," McShane said. "I think he forced the issue."

Even so, Trump said his questions about the birthplace of the president will not be settled until "experts" confirm the authenticity of the document. He said he hopes "it checks out beautifully" so interviewers would stop asking about the birth certificate and let him talk about issues like oil prices and China's currency policies.

But Trump said he has more questions about the president's background, namely whether Obama's transcript from his years at Occidental College in Los Angeles includes poor grades. Trump claimed to have read reports saying so, but he offered no source. He went on to ask several times why Harvard Law School would have accepted the future president as a student.

"The word is, according to what I've read, that he was a terrible student when he went to Occidental," Trump said. "Maybe that's right or maybe it's wrong, but I don't know why he doesn't release his records."

Later, as he walked in Portsmouth, Trump was asked by a reporter about criticisms that his insinuations have racial overtones. Trump, mid-stride, responded, "no racial overtones."

Trump yesterday pointed to polls as evidence that he could win support if he seeks the Republican nomination for president. But he said he cannot declare his intentions until the May 22 season finale of his reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice. Trump promised to make an announcement before June.

"What I would do is make this country rich again, if I decide to run," Trump said. "And that's a big decision, including the fact, frankly, that I would have to give up one of the most successful shows on television, which is a lot of money and a lot of prestige and a lot of power."

If he were elected president, Trump said he would help the American economy by pressuring oil-producing nations to keep prices down and China to let its currency appreciate freely. He said he would end any Chinese currency manipulation by threatening to tax imports from China at 25 percent.