And finally, Obama has broken his golden silence.
US President Barack Obama has posted an online copy of his ‘birth certificate’ confirming that he was born in Honululu, the capital of Hawaii rather than Kenya.
According to a vague clause in the US Constitution, only ‘natural born’ citizens can become presidents of the country. Just as British newspapers are flooded with the news of ‘Royal Wedding’, the American media has flaunted the questioning on Barack Obama’s birthplace as a catalyst.
Polls were taken, real time feeds were added, Obama was criticised for his silence and even rebuked. It was another reason to laugh at him, as always. A reason to put the blame on.
Over the past few weeks, there was a long simmering controversy, famously called as the ‘Birther movement’ in which Republicans like Donald Trump had repeatedly questioned Obama’s birthplace. The controversy also takes importance as America would witness elections in 2012.
The movement took a fierce and widely speculated form as only 38% of the Americans stated in a poll that they did believe that President Obama was born in US. The rest simply sidelined to believe in him.
So, to silence this conspiracy, the birth certificate has been posted on the official website of White House, neatly showing the sign of his mother and staff officials.
‘Sideshows and carnival barkers’
A televised broadcast followed the release of the birth certificate in which President Obama clearly stated that ‘he had better things to do.’
Speaking to the audience at the news conference, President Obama has stated that the Hawaii officials have confirmed the authentic nature of the birth certificate.
Dan Pfeiffer, the communications director at the White House has stated that President Obama has also authorised the respective officials to release the birth certificate documents broadly.
Barack Obama has also stated that his move is to end the ‘silliness’ and he also quoted that the entire controversy is distracting the country from the real issues that it faces right now.
Though, he also said that there is a segment of people who would not rest irrespective of the online publication of the birth certificate.
President Obama, without using names, has called Republicans like Donald Trump as ‘sideshows and carnival barkers.’
‘Accomplishment’
On the other hand, Donald Trump has said that he feel proud of himself and believes that he challenged the administration, a risk that no one else could take.
Further continuing with his defence, Trump said that a lot of people need to still look at the birth certificate and it should be real because the country faces real problems.
Donald Trump, who is a New York property developer, has been raising this entire controversy of Obama’s birth place, in order to enhance his political strong hold in the Republican circle.
The entire controversy only reveals how easy it is to influence the American population and how swiftly Donald became the boss! Sad for an economy which is currently facing so many axes but still have stamina to show distrust to its own president.
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