Trump hired a 'Faux-Bama' during White House run, claims book

Trump used to publicly question Obama's birthplace during his campaign and privately described him as "a Manchurian candidate"

Before Donald Trump ever sought the Oval Office, he was preoccupied by its occupant President Barack Obama, publicly questioning his birthplace and privately describing him as “a Manchurian candidate” who obtained his Ivy League degrees only by way of affirmative action, according to a new book Disloyal: A Memoir by Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen.

CNN obtained a copy of the book ahead of its Tuesday publication. Trump’s disdain for Obama was so extreme that he took his fixation a step further, according to Cohen: Trump hired a “Faux-Bama” to participate in a video in which Trump “ritualistically belittled the first black president and then fired him.”