Trump finally admits it: 'President Barack Obama was born in United States'

Updated 19:37 GMT (0337 HKT) September 16, 2016
By Stephen Collinson and Jeremy Diamond , CNN
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Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump finally admitted
Friday that "President Barack Obama was born in
the United States," reversing himself on the issue
that propelled him into national politics five years
ago.
Trump sought to end his longstanding attempt to
discredit the nation's first African-American
president with just a few sentences tacked on at
the end as he unveiled his new hotel on
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.
But the issue isn't likely to die down any time soon
-- especially as Trump continues to falsely blame
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for starting the
"birtherism" controversy. Clinton said earlier Friday
that Trump's acknowledgment of Obama's
birthplace doesn't go far enough and that he must
also apologize.
"For five years, he has led the birther movement to
delegitimize our first black president," Clinton said
at an event in Washington. "His campaign was
founded on this outrageous lie."