he's got a very -- some facile answers for some of the vexing problems oint national arena.in the white house, they love to hear him talked about, they love to see him in force, but they get particularly angry when he gets more attention on this birther business, whether the president was born in the united states, which he was. >> which he was, thank you. i think if you see the number of republicans and conservative commentators who attack donald trump on this issue, it shows you how concerned the republican party really is about a trump candidacy. i mean, you have a pretty broad group of people attacking him, and you know, the fact of the matter is that the president was born in the united states. he has a birth certificate. >> right. >> it's been online, if i can say that, since 2008. >> and by the way, i think he's doing republicans a service, he's -- >> can i just bring up one point to interrupt -- look at this poll in "the new york times." 45%, 45% of republicans think that the president was not born in the united states. and trump has certainly talked about that. he t