Birther bozo Donald Trump took credit Wednesday for forcing the White House to release President Obama's long-form birth certificate.
"I am really proud I was able to bring this to a point," he said as he landed in New Hampshire to explore a possible presidential run. "I feel I've accomplished something really, really important."
Trump surged to the top of the Republican field in polls after latching onto the widely discredited "birther" conspiracy theory that Obama was not born in the U.S.
Despite strong evidence to the contrary, the theory has festered in the political fringe.
The White House has dismissed Trump as a "sideshow," but decided to release Obama's full birth certificate to try to put the matter to rest.
"We are not going to be able to solve our problems by focusing on sideshows and carnival barkers," Obama said. "We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We have better things to do."
Trump had said he would release his tax records if Obama released his birth certificate, but the real estate mogul wouldn't say Wednesday if he would do that.
As his signature issue evaporated, Trump tried to pivot, and started hammering Obama over releasing his college transcripts.
President Obama's certificate of live birth.
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