Donald Trump contest the US Presidential Election in 2016 because he felt humiliated by something said by Barack Obama? If media reports are to be believed, a humiliating moment with the first black president lit a fuse in the businessman-turned-politician and he decided to settle the score by becoming president. According to the 'Daily Express US', Balaji Srinivasan said in a podcast that the Republican leader felt humiliated by a comment made by Obama at a White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011. The turning point came when Trump questioned Obama's eligibility to contest the election.
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According to Balaji Srinivasan, the owner of the Trump Tower demanded the first black president to show his birth certificate. He emphasized that Obama was not born in the US so he was not eligible to contest the presidential election under Article 2 of the US Constitution.
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It has been reported that Obama ridiculed the businessman-turned-politician and jokingly said that no one was happier, no one was prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than Donald Trump. He also talked about conspiracy theories such as the 1947 Roswell crash incident and the unsolved murders of rappers Biggie and Tupac. The
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