Obama's 8 year run as president from 2009-2017 almost never happened, due to conspiracy theories surrounding his birthplace. This theory was really brought into the light by Donald Trump, former US president. The issue was that theorists were saying he was not actually born in Hawaii and his birth certificates are fake and just a cover up. Trump went as far as to even send his own private team of investigators to go to Hawaii to see if they can prove their theory. He vowed to donate 5 million dollars to charity if someone could give him definitive proof he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. This would still be a big deal today, even though Obama is out of office, because not only will he lose the privilege's former presidents get, like secret service, but it will set a dangerous precedent for people that don't fit the criteria faking it to become president.