"Wednesday Trump made headlines when he challenged Bill Maher to pay up the $ 5 million dollars he is owed. On Monday night’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Maher mocked Trump’s offer to President Barack Obama and offered to donate $5 million to the charity of Trump’s choice if he would release his own birth certificate to prove The Donald was not the 'spawn of his mother having sex with orangutan' Trump’s lawyer provided the proof and accepted Maher’s offer. Now Trump is ready to collect, 'He made the offer… I accepted his offer and he owes me $ 5 million dollars which I am going to give to charity… If doesn’t pay the money we will probably sue him.'" -- Extra

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1256226228 Freddie Freelance

    Just the Short Form, Donald? What are you hiding from us?

    • Will Holz

      Yeah, I’m not convinced, what’s Donald hiding?

      • Alexander Borsi

        I want to see a newspaper with his birth being listed in it, along with a high definition (720i minimum resolution) video of him emerging from his mothers vagina, the doctors then saying the date and time as they held him up and spanked him, as well as the sex tape of his father and mother doing it. I want to see the moment the zygote merged to become the new life. 

        Otherwise, what is he hiding?

        • invictus

          You’re responsible for one of the most disturbing invocations of Rule 34 I’ve ever witnessed.

          Well done.

        • Reverend Loki

           That won’t help, as his maternal parentage was never questioned, but rather his true lineage along paternal lines (aka “Who’s yer daddy”).  Therefore, to properly satisfy this bet, he would need to provide footage of the conception, with all parties clearly identifiable, and a complete medical workup of the father certifying he is indeed not a Pongo pygmaeus or Pongo abelii.  Interesting, as I read the bet, proof that the father was Homo sapiens is not necessary.

      • iCowboy

        The birth certificate doesn’t mention the father’s species – only his name. And Fred is a perfectly good name for an orang utan.

    • http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai

      Right, seems pretty easy to escalate this: well, Donald old chum, we don’t “believe” your birth certificate.  Sure you have it but has the governor of your state of birth even personally vouched for it?  HAVE THEY?*

      (* If they do, by the way, we’ll just escalate again, because, crazy.)

      • http://www.jimdraws.com Thorzdad

        I suspect this response is exactly what Maher has in mind, to further lampoon Trump’s birtherism. Trump played into his hands.

        • http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai

          I mean, that doesn’t exactly make Maher a genius. Sort of a bully, picking on the half-orangutan!

  • helleman

    For a guy who is supposedly a business wizard, he doesn’t seem to understand the difference between a joke and a legally binding contract.    OR – maybe he’s just trying to keep his name in the press.   (DOH!   We failed. Again. An enabler you are Mark.)

    • Glen Able

      Yeah I guess if Trump wants to argue in court that this offer wasn’t a piss-take, he will have to convince the court that the question of his mother being a chimpfucker is a reasonable one.

      • invictus

        Objection! Chimps and orangutans aren’t even in the same subfamily.

        • http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai

           Overruled!  Look at that orange hair!

          • invictus

            Damn it! Beaten by superficial similarity yet again!

            (actually, according to Obama, that’s a fox)

      • IconoclastTwo

         The transcript for that will be giving comedians gold for years…

    • waetherman

      Well to be fair, it isn’t necessary that the offer be in writing, for Donald to have to formally accept or even that Bill and Donald be in the same room to form a contract. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a number of 1L contract exams have a question similar to this because there are arguments that could be made on both sides. That said, I don’t think Donald is trying to win in court on this one, but to make himself look good and Maher look bad.

      • glittalogik

        Donald doesn’t need a court case to make himself look good, he’d do far better with a hairdresser.

    • http://evilbobdayjob.blogspot.com/ Deidzoeb

      Also his businesses have gone bankrupt more times than you’d expect from a business wizard.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/MMXKQV4X6EW7TPVDIFXVNKDUK4 John

    Because like any real businessman knows, nothing binds a contract like talk show blatherskite.

  • http://www.facebook.com/heather.cristofaro Heather Cristofaro

    Trump is right. He’s actually half pig, half orangutan.

    • Frank W

      Give Urangutan some respect please! If only The Donald were half Urangutan, he would probably be a better man. 

      • Felton / Moderator

        I’m glad I’m not the only one sick of this shameful slandering of our noble red-furred cousins.

        • wysinwyg

           Yeah, they seem like sweet dudes.  For that matter, pigs same way nicer and more intelligent than Trump as well.

          Trump’s more like a wharf rat.  Or maybe that’s just the thing on his head.

          • Felton / Moderator

            You’re close to the truth.  Trump is actually a man-puppet controlled by a wharf rat disguised as a toupée.

          • Samuel Valentine

            Trumpatouille?

  • zotlerg

    Trump’s business with the golf course in Scotland was enough for me.
    Don’t promote him, and don’t even mention him ever again, please!! 

    • huskerdont

      He bought himself a winery here in Virginia and put his name on the wine. Like anyone is going to want to drink anything with his name on it.

      • niktemadur

        Well for a while there, back in the days of Ivana and Marla, Trump was like David Bowie for the so-called Silent Generation, in particular the card-carrying members of the Rotary Club.

  • Chuck

    “DNA TEST PROVES DONALD TRUMP SHARES 97% OF HIS GENES WITH ORANGUTANS.”

    • Petzl

      You can’t explain that.

      • ocker3

         ”Aliens!”

  • peregrinus

    The pivotal part of the “deal” is proving he’s not half-orangutan (we can charitably, although sorrowfully, assume his mother was no part orangutan).

    Releasing his birth certificate doesn’t prove that, short-form or otherwise.  It just shows he was born.

    Then he single-handedly destroyed the toupee business, the reputation of which was left in tatters the minute the first photo of him with one appeared.

    • liquidself

       an excellent point.  I for one look forward to the Donster being made to provide DNA evidence to the contrary.  I can imagine future generations looking back and saying “Jeez, this guy was so bad they actually made him get a DNA test to prove he wasn’t half human!”

  • Yaanu

    The deal is that the money would go directly to the charity of Trump’s choice, not that Trump would collect the money and hand it over to the charity himself.

    • http://www.microcar.org microcars

      The charity of Trump’s choice would be The Donald J. Trump Foundation. 

  • Boundegar

    I am shocked that Trump could act like a dick.  That has never happened before.

  • Dave Horton

    Satiric slander is not legally binding. Unless as Glen Able pointed out, the average person could reasonably believe the satiric remark is true.

  • Kozlow

    $5 million is steep for demonstrating Trump’s monumental lack of dignity. He’s done it free for decades.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-C-Colgan/657603807 Matt C Colgan

    sounds like an Orly Taitz-style nuisance suit. If filed, judge should hold Trump in contempt and fine for court costs and wasting the time of the court.

    • Mitchell Glaser

      Orly Taitz is the daughter of Donald Trump and an echidna.

  • redapes

    Orangutan Outreach — http://redapes.org — stands ready, willing & able to have Trump’s DNA tested. We are 100% confident that despite the curious hair color and odd facial grimaces, Trump is in fact NOT half orangutan. Orangutan males are handsome, intelligent and progressive in their thinking. They are wonderful to be around and the ladies love them! Very un-Trumplike.  http://pinterest.com/redapes/great-cheekpadders/

    Orangutan conservationists would greatly appreciate if the $5 million could instead be used to protect critically endangered orangutans and their rainforest habitat. Orangutan Outreach, a registered 501c3 US charity, could do a lot of good with even a fraction of that money.  Just ask Colbert:  http://redapes.org/colbert  

    • BillStewart2012

      The biggest threat to orangutans is habitat destruction from palm oil plantations in Indonesia.  You can help by not buying products that include palm oil.  Some of the most common are
      - ramen noodles (almost all of them use palm oil, because it’s cheap and saturated; the ones that don’t are mostly non-fried ramen or sometimes canola.)
      - “no-stir” peanut butter (most of that uses palm oil, though some uses other oils.)
      - Nutella (sigh…  some of its competitors use other oils.)
      - Girl Scout cookies

      There is responsibly harvested palm oil, mostly from Africa, but the Asian market.

  • lafave

    Trump’s lawyer must not have done too well in his Contracts class.

    • max00

       I imagine he focuses on not breaking any laws while doing what ever Trump tells him to (in contrast to trying to act like some kind of reasonable person).

      (And so would lots of people if they had the opportunity)

    • Antinous / Moderator

      To be fair, oral contracts are normal and enforceable in the entertainment industry, so it’s not quite as crazy as it would be in a different business setting.

      • lafave

         There was no offer nor was there mutuality of intent. There was no contract.

        • Marc45

           This won’t go to a court of law, only the court of public opinion and we are a very fickle bunch!

  • http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy

    Ha, I can imagine that scene,

    Judge – “Awww, did da wil Donald get his fee-fees awl hurt by da big bad man makin funsies of his Birther offer during the ewections??”

    And later,

    “I’m sorry, but with all due respect Mr. Trump, the only real solution to your problem is for you to stop being an asshole. Take it slow, just a few minutes a day, then more and more until you’re not a complete asshole most of the day.”

  • Happler

    Wait, if comments on a talk show are legally binding, what does that make his twitter comments during the elections?

    • http://www.facebook.com/dave.maclachlan.3 Dave MacLachlan

      Oo!!! Does that mean we can hold Ted Nugent to his own declaration before the election??? Pleasepleasepleaseplease…

  • Urbane_Gorilla

    Orly Taitz and Sheriff Arpaio both stand firm by their statement that the Birth Certificate is faked and they have proof he was born in the Monkey Cage at the Bronx Zoo.

    • BillStewart2012

      Don’t say the M-word anywhere near the Librarian.

  • Jonathan_Harford

    Donald Trump is clearly an experienced improvisor. He’s taking Maher’s absurd premise and doing what’s known as “yes-and”ing it.

  • amarx

    Donald Trump also offered $5 million to Tyler Perry: http://hollywoodandswine.com/donald-trump-offers-5-million-to-tyler-perry-for-proof-he-can-write-a-good-screenplay/

  • http://newnumber6.livejournal.com Peter

    Oh, he’ll accept THIS challenge, but not Colbert’s challenge to let him dip his testicles in Donald Trump’s mouth.

    WHAT IS HE HIDING?

  • http://twitter.com/dethbird dethbird

    Maybe he’s not half orangutan but can he prove he’s not half orange? 

  • http://www.facebook.com/freewayxp Gregory Free

    Okay here is an idea:  Get the wonderful people on boing boing and reddit to flash sabbatage google images and wikipedia and equate Donald with an Orangutan, providing more proof that is needed for Bill’s case. I can’t wait for this one to play out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/freewayxp Gregory Free
  • pjcamp

    We need to see the long form.

  • pjcamp

    Also, that only means a human male was standing there when he was squirted out, not when he was squirted in.

  • http://www.facebook.com/renovationsbydesign Eric Raskin

    Bill gave obama 1 million , now he has to pay up 

  • bryan rasmussen

    What if his mother is half orangutan and his father is half orangutan?

    also, if Maher offered to donate $5 million to the charity of Trump’s choice then Trump doesn’t get to say: ” I accepted his offer and he owes me $ 5 million dollars which I am going to give to charity”
    All he should be able to do is to tell Maher the address/name/banking details of the charity and Maher donates the money – after determining it’s not just a secret slush fund for quarter orangutan/humanish hybrids.

    In fact it seems likely to me that given the wording Maher used it is still Maher that can deduct the money from his taxes.

  • phuzz

    In UK slang, ‘trump’ is another word for fart.
    eg “did you just trump?”
    Just thought I’d add that to the discussion.

  • pringleflicker

    Another Brit here.

    “He bought himself a winery here in Virginia and put his name on the wine. Like anyone is going to want to drink anything with his name on it.”

    Since reading that, I’d like to own a bottle of Trump Wine.

    • http://twitter.com/LeeroyBerlin Leeroy Berlin

      Not to drink, but to threaten unwelcome guests with I presume.

  • BostonSteve

    Love the Donald…..these charities will benefit nicely once the lawsuit is settled. 

  • http://www.tumblr.com/blog/his-divine-shadow His Shadow

     I accepted his offer and he owes me $ 5 million

    Nice try, but no one owns Trump a fucking dime. Some charity is owed 5 mil. But then Trump’s favourite charity is Trump.