“What can we do to turn the tide?”Mr. Farah recalled that Mr. Trump even proposed dispatching private investigators to Hawaii, Mr. Obama’s birthplace, to resolve the debate. “What can we do to get to the bottom of this?” Mr. Trump asked him. Then Mr. Trump did something decidedly un-Trump-like: He dropped the issue and rarely spoke of it publicly again. “But no one is happier, no one is prouder, to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald,” he said to laughter. It was a remarkable moment that Mr. Trump celebrated as a political victory.

Source: New York Times July 02, 2016 10:00 UTC