(CNN) The White House has not responded to CNN's repeated requests for comment over the last two days to clarify President Donald Trump's recent misrepresentation about his father's birthplace.

Later, a Trump adviser sought to deflect attention on Trump's misrepresentation by trying to shift the focus to former President Barack Obama.

"Obama thought we had 57 states. Sometimes mistakes happen," the adviser said.

But Trump has now made the claim his father was born in Germany at least three times, according to The Washington Post

While speaking Tuesday in the Oval Office about German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump referred to his father as someone who was born in Germany, despite the fact that he was born in the Bronx.

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