Story highlights Trump was asked why he changed his mind about ObamaHe also deflected a question about his foundation(CNN) Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that his statement late last week that President Barack Obama was born in the US was motivated by politics, not by a genuine change of heart. Answering questions about the issue for the first time since his sudden change, Trump said he abandoned his long-held "birther" views on Friday because he "just wanted to get on with" his campaign. "Well, I just wanted to get on with -- you know, we wanted to get on with the campaign. And a lot of people were asking me the questions," Trump said in an interview with local Columbus, Ohio station WSYX, when asked what had changed his position. We want to talk about ISIS and how to get rid of ISIS."

Source: CNN September 22, 2016 00:56 UTC