Trump's Birther moment tells us about Donald Trump, and not much else

It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump had a moment with a genuinely crazy person. Taking questions last night at a well-attended New Hampshire rally, the candidate found himself in a difficult spot. “We have a problem in this country,” a particularly angry inquisitor proposed. “It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one. You know he’s not even an American. Birth certificate, man! We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That’s my question: When can we get rid of ‘em?”

Uh oh.

In the interest of fairness, it should be acknowledged that Trump did not explicitly agree with this contention. But he didn’t exactly disagree either. Instead, he channeled his inner Miss America and deployed a magnificent string of gibberish: “We’re gonna be looking at a lot of different things,” he explained. “And you know that a lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. We’re going to be looking at that and plenty of other things.” Later, when asked to clarify, his spokesman explained incongruously that “Christians need support in this country. Their religious liberty is at stake.”