Obama says most people know he was born in US
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US President Barack Obama says he thinks most people know he was born in the United States, and he hopes the election to replace him focuses on "more serious issues."
Obama commented briefly Friday morning to a reporter's question about Republican Donald Trump's recent refusal to say that Obama was born in the United States. A campaign statement later acknowledged Trump's American birth.
Trump helped fuel the so-called birther movement, which falsely claimed Obama was born outside the US. Obama responded Friday by saying he was "pretty confident about where I was born, I think most people were, as well." He added that "We've got so many other things to do."
