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Donald Trump Takes Up Birthers' Obama College Conspiracy Theory

Not content with questioning the president's birthplace, Donald Trump is now wondering how a "terrible student" got into the Ivy League. Michelle Goldberg traces the far-right history of the claim—which reassures resentful whites that this seemingly brilliant black man isn't so smart after all.

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Not content with questioning the president's birthplace, Donald Trump is now wondering how a "terrible student" got into the Ivy League. (Photo: Richard Drew / AP)

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