This has always been an issue. The reason we are talking about it today is because Trump finally admitted what we all know to be true, that Obama was born in America. It's the reason this thread exists, moron.
What Trump did, was make fools of the Hillary press. They gave 30 minutes of coverage to Generals, veterans, and patriots - those who Hillary calls "deplorable" to praise Trump.
Trump was brilliant, and played you partisan fools for chumps.
If you're too stupid to grasp that, just because ThinkProgress didn't spoon feed the thought to you, well