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While I am aware that he was born in the US (Hawaii), i can see where the confusion might come from (aside from willful ignorance and hatred for him as a person
by filoleg 7y ago
While I am aware that he was born in the US (Hawaii), i can see where the confusion might come from (aside from willful ignorance and hatred for him as a person), considering that he was the first president born outside of the continental US (Hawaii; and we all know how many continental americans still don’t realize that Puerto Rico is a US territory) and lived in Indonesia between ages 6 and 20.
- meowface 7y agoAnd the conspiracy theories propagated by Donald Trump from 2011 onward (and others since 2008) when he tried to run in the 2012 election.
- filoleg 7y agoOh yeah, agreed. It definitely didn't help the case that some prominent public figures fell for this as well (or did it intentionally knowing that was false, who knows), which helped propagate the misinformation even further.