In case Trump didn't seem sincere to you last week when he said, disdainfully, "President Barack Obama was born in the United States period"—a statement he punctuated with a look of exasperation:

Well, yes, you are correct, you read that right. He confirmed to a TV station yesterday that he only said Obama was born in the United States because it's the truth. No wait, because it's the right thing to do. No wait, because he wants people to stop asking him about it.

A TV news reporter in Toldeo, Ohio pointed out to Trump that for years he's expressed "some doubt" (a mild way to put it) about Obama's birth certificate, and then he asked: "What changed?"

Trump's answer:

Well I just want to get on with, uh—you know, we want to get on with the campaign. A lot of people were asking me questions. And you know we want to talk about jobs, we want to talk about the military, we want to talk about ISIS—and how to get rid of ISIS. We want to really talk about bringing jobs back to this area, because you've been decimated. So we really want to get just back onto the subject of jobs, military, taking care of our vets, et cetera.

The TV news reporter was not allowed a follow-up question, so there was no, "So why'd you lie about Hillary being a birther?"

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