While a Panda ticked off a Tiger on a field in San Francisco Thursday night, a circus of a different variety was being played out, triggered by Donald Trump's YouTube video.
Trump's offer—$5 million to the
charity of the president's choice in exchange for the release of Obama's
college and passport applications—was mocked mercilessly on Twitter.
On "The Tonight Show With Jay
Leno," President Barack Obama laughed it off, joking to Leno that the
bad blood between him and the real estate mogul turned "birther"
conspiracy theorist "dates back to when we were growing up together in
Kenya."
"Barack Obama is the least
transparent president in the history of this country," Trump said in the
video, shot from his New York office. "I have a deal for the president.
... If Barack Obama opens up and gives his college records and
applications and if he gives his passport applications and records I
will give to a charity of his choice—inner-city children in Chicago,
American Cancer Society, AIDS research, anything he wants—a check
immediately for $5 million."
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Trump defended the offer Thursday night. "It's a serious, very serious offer," he told CNN's Piers Morgan. "I can't imagine that for $5 million that he wouldn't do it."
The "Celebrity Apprentice" star
dismissed the backlash to his stunt, also telling Morgan, "I've had
tremendous praise for the most part."
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