Donald Trump

Like most Americans I was shocked that Osama bin Laden was hiding in an expensive compound less than a mile from the Pakistani military academy. I thought he had been hiding in Donald Trump's hair! Marc Raim, Baltimore

As many of you know, President Barack Obama's announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden interrupted the end of Donald Trump's show, "Celebrity Apprentice," Sunday night.  Jimmy Fallon, who recently broke out his Donald Trump impression over the birth certificate issue, used the impression again last night, perfectly capturing the mix of arrogance and delusion that is The Donald.  "President Obama is so scared of me and so desperate for...

Rejected first draft of Donald Trump's final announcement about his political intentions in 2012. First, let me say how proud I am of myself for heckling Barack Obama until he produced the "long form" of his birth certificate, something no white president managing two wars and a budget crisis has ever been asked to do. At long last, the national debate can move on to other idiotic conspiracy theories, which I may or may not exploit to...

Ron Smith complains that the media "won't let" Donald Trump be elected president ("Donald Trump will never be president," April 21), but in fact he is not a serious candidate and deserves no serious coverage unless he acts like one. Not only does he show a poor grasp of the hard questions of policy and pander to racists with his fatuous demands for birth certificates and transcripts, he has no political web site. A search for contact information turns up only the business site, which includes an explicit note that unrelated emails will not be answered or forwarded.

Donald Trump unveiled a new strategy recently in a speech in Las Vegas. He's abandoned birtherism and is now embracing profanity-laced stand-up comedy.  During his speech to a Vegas crowd that laughed uproariously at his jokes (or political positions? It's hard to tell when he's being serious) Trump decided that he'd pump up the crowd by dropping some "F Bombs" in the mix.   Some examples:  • "We build a school; we build a road. They blow up the school; they blow up the road.

Tonight was the moment political geeks from around the country wait for all year: The White House Correspondents Dinner, where political humor rules the evening.  There were two speakers at the event in Washington: President Barack Obama and Saturday Night Live comedian Seth Meyers. Each spent a significant amount of time making fun of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, who did not seem pleased to be the butt of jokes.  Trump sat in his chair humorless throughout much of the night, looking sternly ahead as Obama and Meyers cracked on him.  Here's a quick summation of the best jokes of the night, followed by video of Obama's talk.  Obama's best material:  • On his birth certificate: The president entered with Hulk Hogan's theme music playing the line "I am a real American" as the television screens showed his birth certificate.

Jimmy Fallon last night broke out his Donald Trump impression -- and demanded additional documents from President Barack Obama.  Fallon's Trump wants to the president to release:  • His driver's license. ("Has anyone ever seen it?")  • His Starbucks card.  • His Netflix queue ("I've got one and I'm not afraid to let people see it. It's a fantastic, beautiful queue. ")  • His hall passes from middle school.  This would be funny if it wasn't so true -- and that just makes it sad. Trump's harping on Obama to release various documents (from his long-form birth certificate to his college grades)

Why are those perpetrating the farce of demanding Barack Obama's birth certificate not been asked to present any facts or justification for the basis of their relentless inquiry? Why do we allow unfounded charges to dominate the political conversation? No one, to my knowledge, has publicly challenged the reasons behind this specious effort. Given the serious issues facing our country and our duly-elected president, the time and money spent on this matter are a disgrace. No one can convince me that racism is not at the root and heart of the birther movement.

On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. National  • Because he's such a proven political winner: Ralph Nader plans to challenge Obama (Politico)  • The spook shuffle: Gen. Petraeus to the CIA in shuffle  (AP)  • I miss Bush: George W. Bush jokes with ABC (The Blaze)  • She's got the look down: Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin (Gawker)

When President Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate yesterday, there were winners (sane people) and losers (Donald Trump).  But the biggest loser of all wasn't Trump. It was Jerome Corsi, along with his book "Where's the birth certificate?" and the WorldNetDaily "Superstore. "  Corsi's book, which recently hit No. 1 on Amazon.com before it has even been released (thanks to a huge plug from the Drudge Report), now has been completely overtaken by current events.  How can a book called "Where's the birth certificate?"