Donald Trump to George Stephanopoulos: You're Co-Opted By Obama Minions!

Things got awfully heated on Good Morning America yesterday as Donald Trump discussed his potential presidential run with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

In short, George took him to task and the Donald didn't appreciate it.

Stephanopoulos mentioned that some Republican heavyweights call him a “flawed messenger for the party” and “a joke candidate.” Why do they think this?

By continuing to question President Obama’s birth certificate and citizenship. Trump replied by ... going off about Obama's citizenship. You gotta see this:

Donald Trump GMA Interview

As the two men argued back and forth on the topic, an increasingly agitated Trump accused George of being “co-opted” by the President and his “minions.”

He stressed that the "birther" issue is “not a big focus of my campaign.” Kind of hard to believe, since he brought it up again, and again later in the interview.

Stephanopoulos asked if he would release tax returns. “Maybe I’ll do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate,” the real estate mogul replied.

Donald Trump on Possible White House Run: The Country Needs Me!

Donald Trump recently sat down with CNN's Candy Crowley about his possible 2012 presidential run and why the country needs him. Some highlights:

• He has a common sense mentality.
• He "stirs the pot" because he tells it like it is.
• He has name recognition because of SUCCESS.
• Mitt Romney is basically a "small business guy."
• The Trump Organization is BIG, strong and more powerful than you KNOW.
• He has an ability to build HUGE NET WORTH and will put that to use for US!

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Sarah Palin Backs Up Donald Trump, Obama "Birther" Crusade

In February, Sarah Palin said the "birther" issue - whether President Obama was really born in the U.S. - was a "distraction" from more important issues.
Over the weekend, though, Palin defended real estate mogul Donald Trump's recent attempts to raise doubts about Obama's citizenship, saying:
"I appreciate that the Donald wants to spend his resources on something that so interests him and so many Americans, you know more power to him."

Sarah Palin Backs Donald Trump Birther Claims

Perhaps fueled by Trump's rise in the polls, former Alaska governor's remarks on Sunday seems to signal a shift in her opinions on the "birther" issue.
"Obviously there is something that the president doesn't want people to see, that he sees going to great lengths to make sure it isn't shown," she said.
"And I think that's perplexing for a lot of people."
The issue is perplexing from either perspective.
Long ago, the president released a certificate of live birth which many non-partisan watchdog groups say definitively proves he was born in the U.S.
"It's kind of ludicrous at this point," Dr. Chiyome Fukino, the former director of Hawaii's Department of Health, said in a recent interview with NBC.
Fukino says that he has reviewed Barack Obama's birth certificate more than once and said that "birthers" and other doubters will never be satisfied.
Even Bill O'Reilly has called out Trump for his grandstanding, while others, such as John Legend, have alleged that "birther" allegations are racist.

John Legend to Donald Trump: You Racist!

It's not The Donald's reality show or supposed ambitions to run for president in 2012 that have the Grammy-winning pianist pissed, either, but Trump's recent comments in which he persistently questioned President Obama's nationality.
"He needs to stop saying that racist bulls**t birther s**t," Legend told N.Y. Magazine. "Quote me please. He should be ashamed of himself. It's awful, really."

Tell us how you really feel ... both of you guys.

Trump said on GMA and The View that Obama's purportedly cloudy childhood fills him with doubt. He then produced his own birth certificate to prove a point.
Legend isn't the first star upset over this. Bill Cosby said on Today that "the only thing he's running is his mouth," and Bill O'Reilly even called Trump out.
What do you think of Legend's comments? Is Trump racist for questioning Obama's birth certificate, or is he just raising a sensitive, but important point?