Trump: Romney shouldn't turn over tax records until Obama reveals college transcript

Mitt Romney surrogate Donald Trump said Monday that the Republican presidential hopeful should refrain from turning over additional tax records unless President Obama reveals his college transcripts.

"You talk about transparency," Trump told Fox News. "We will learn more about Obama when we look at those college applications than any other thing that can happen. I don’t think Romney should give anything until such time as Obama gives his college records and applications.”

Romney has resisted calls from the Obama campaign to release more than a years' worth of tax returns, although pressure has been intensifying as new questions arise over his tenure at Bain Capital. Trump said Monday the Obama campaign had done "a great job" in crafting attack ads against Romney.

“They’re trying to make a man whose done a great job look very bad. And they are using deceit, they are using lies and I think Mitt is going to fight back very hard," Trump said. "You know, they are talking about tax returns — I mean, look, you know this, I’ve been saying it for a very long time, Obama should give his college applications and records."

White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about Trump's call last week, but dismissed the question.

“Right, this is the Donald Trump question. I think he is the one that brings it up the most,” Carney said.

He went on to compare Trump's request to the reality television star's frequent contention that the president was not born in the United States.

“It is preposterous,” Carney continued. “This is from a guy who insisted that he didn’t believe the president was born in the United States.

“It is funny, every once in a while, when I sit back in my office and remember all the things that seemed to be the most important issue of the day and there were briefings after briefings where that was the most important issue of the day to the point where we had to solicit the long form of the president’s birth certificate.

"Again, the president’s record on transparency is extremely sound. He has provided the kind of documentation that candidates for president have now, by tradition, provided for 30 years and he believes it is the right thing to do.”

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