The president should do it. Put some of The Donald’s money to good use. - I heard this several times

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

at work tonight. This is how I responded.

Ok let me explain this
Trump was not satisfied with a state produced birth certificate.
He used the words " to my satisfaction" in his offer.
If the president were stupid enough to produce any document, they would never be satisfactory to Trump.
Trump would never pay; he is just after personal attention, and distracting from only two years of Romney tax returns.

Not even the worst right wingnut had a verbal responce. I did get flipped off twice.

[DCKit]

1. When someone on his show finally gets up the nerve to stab that bleached racoon to death....

just to see if it also kills what's under it, I'll download the YouTube video.

Until then, I'll turn the channel every time he shows his freakish mug.

[Freddie]

2. I agree, the President should do this

Respond to Trump's offer in his 2nd Inauguration Speech! Don't think Trump set a time limit (?)

[TexasTowelie]

4. Trump set a time limit of Oct. 30.

[Freddie]

6. He could still offer in Jan. anyway :)

[Skidmore]

3. The President should not even acknowledge that Trump exists, let alone

respond to the threats of a bullyboy.

[djean111]

5. Exactly right.

Ignore him completely and absolutely.
Although I think Obama made a joke about it on Leno. That is the right tone, I think - ignore or make a joke, but not address it seriously or even joke about it unless it is brought up.
Even if Trump was not an attention whore ass clown - where would performing like a seal for charity end, if this was done?
Not a good precedent.

[FSogol]

8. +1 n/t

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

7. No, the president should not negotiate with hair-orists

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Give Trump an inch, he'll ask for a mile.

Besides, everyone knows that whatever Obama could produce - even if he had a video of his mother giving birth on the steps of the state capitol building in Hawaii - would automatically get declared a forgery by Trump, and the liar would never pay up.

[djean111]

11. and - why elevate Trump to a postion where he must be satisfied?

or even answered?
Hopefully, eventually, people will ask why he doesn't donate $5 million anyway, if he is in a position to help charity that much.
Think of all the people he could help, but won't - because he is a birther.
Of course, he knows he won't get what he is asking for - just a stupid stunt.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

14. And if it's anyone's turn to produce anything, it's that fucking liar

Where are his long-promised investigators from Hawaiian birther duty, and why hasn't anyone in the press ever called him out to his face on that big bluff?

[oswaldactedalone]

9. Leno asked about Obama

about the tension with he and Trump. Without missing a beat, Obama said it goes back to when they were kids growing up in Kenya. Trump wasn't very good at soccer and got teased a lot. He said he thought it would get better when they came to the States.

[Liberal In Texas]

10. Does Trump actually have $5M?

He's nothing but a blow-hard.

[riverwalker]

12. ridiculous

attempting to blackmail our President should be criminal.
Enough already of giving Trump the additional publicity he craves.
We should be a Trump-free zone.

[mainer]

13. I agree. It's impossible to "satisfy" Trump

because Trump asked for college transcripts AND passport applications. There's no "OR" in that demand. Leave out either one, and it would not fulfill his request. Seeing as Obama almost certainly doesn't have his passport application (since he first applied for his decades ago, probably while still a child, and everything since then has just been a passport renewal) Obama can't supply that part of the demand.

The money would never be released and all Obama would have done was brought attention to Trump.