Donald Trump finally admits that Barack Obama was born in the US

Donald Trump has finally accepted that President Barack Obama was born in the United States - ending a bizarre eight-year conspiracy theory that his critics say shows Mr Trump to be racist.

Mr Trump revived the "birther" question in an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, in which he said he was "not ready" to publicly acknowledge Mr Obama's legitimate right to be president.

Mr Obama published his birth certificate in April 2011, to end what he described as a "sideshow."
"We do not have time for this kind of silliness," he said at the time. "We’ve got better stuff to do."
When asked on Thursday why his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway insisted he accepted the birth certificate, Mr Trump said she could say what she liked, but it wasn't necessarily accurate.

His campaign team later put out a statement saying that Mr Trump believed it - but critics of the billionaire were astonished that he said he was not able to state it publicly.
On Friday Mr Trump finally confirmed that he had been convinced, in a speech at his new hotel that was supposed to focus on veterans - but ended up being a promo for his business venture, and was touted as a "major announcement" about the birther question.

"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy," he said - repeating an untruthful story about how the rumour started.
"And I finished it.
"President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period.
"Now we want to all get back to making America great again."
Mr Obama on Friday almost laughed when asked about the strange, eight-year conspiracy theory.
"I’m pretty confident about where I was born," he said. "I think most people are too.
"I would hope the US election would be about more serious issues than this."

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