US President Trump is spinning fable on 'Obamagate' he can’t get away with

A distinctive trait of Trump’s presidency has been his systematic effort to dismantle the guard rails that are intended to limit executive power.

Trump in a nutshell is a fabulist according to Elizabeth Drew. He’s not just a liar, his entire modus operandi is seemingly unconcerned with whether his fictions will be exposed.

Elizabeth Drew details the extent to the US President has gone unchallenged on his previous claims and why 'Obamagate' may prove different.

In April 2011, Donald Trump, then considering a run for the presidency the following year, said that he had sent investigators to Hawaii to check out rumours that president Barack Obama wasn’t born there, but in Kenya, which would disqualify him for the presidency.