Donald Trump just suggested Obama is a secret Muslim — again

Donald Trump suggested that President Obama is secretly Muslim.

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published 13 June 2016

Former birther Donald Trump has long insinuated that President Obama might secretly be Muslim, having told Fox News in 2011 that Obama "doesn't have a birth certificate. He may have one, but there's something on that, maybe religion, maybe it says he is a Muslim." On Monday Trump again alluded to such conspiracy theories on Fox, slamming Obama for avoiding the use of the term "radical Islamic terrorism" in the wake of the Orlando shooting.

"We're led by a man who is a very — look, we're led by a man that either is, is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind," Trump told Fox & Friends. "And the something else in mind, you know, people can't believe it. People cannot — they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the ways he acts and can't even mention the words radical Islamic terrorism. There's something going on. It's inconceivable."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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