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Barack Obama pokes fun at Donald Trump on 'Tonight Show' - video

Published Thursday, Oct 25 2012, 09:17 BST | By Tom Eames | 6 comments

Barack Obama has poked fun at Donald Trump while appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

The US president was responding to the businessman's latest campaign against him, where he has demanded the release of Obama's college papers and passport records in exchange for a charity donation.

Obama joked that Trump's animosity towards him was due to their childhood together in Kenya, making fun of Trump's earlier demands for the President's birth certificate.

"This all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya," he told host Jay Leno.

"We had constant run-ins on the soccer field. He wasn't very good, and resented it."

The Celebrity Apprentice host Trump has pledged to donate $5 million (£3.1 million) to the charity of Obama's choice if he releases his college records by October 31, describing the President as the "least transparent" ever.

Watch a video of Donald Trump's original demand below:

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