Barack Obama just crushed the argument that heâs to blame for the rise of Donald Trump. âI have been blamed by Republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who theyâre selecting for their party is novel,â Obama said at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minter Justin Trudeau Thursday. âI donât think that I was the one to prompt questions about my birth certificate⊠I donât remember saying, âHey, why donât you ask me about that?'â Obama said âWhy donât you, you know, question whether Iâm American or whether Iâm loyal or whether I have Americaâs best interests at heart. Those arenât things that were prompted by any actions of mine. And so what youâre seeing within the Republican party is to some degree all those efforts over a course of time, creating an environment where somebody like a Donald Trump can thrive.â
The president pauses for a split second before he says "novel." He's clearly thinking "bullshit" but he's way too presidential to say it out loud. (Bobby "I Bankrupted Louisiana" Jindal blaming Obama for Trump in the WSJ last week.)