Actually, when you need to produce a legal, certified (seal) birth certificate to start school, get married, obtain a passport, and in certain schools play high school sports and in certain areas of employment that provide for the military or government as a supplier, the request for proof to become President of the U.S. when it’s a requirement doesn’t truly look all that strange. It should have already been established as procedure, maybe during campaigns, and would never have become such a big deal.
As usual, it’s all in the handling. The time gap certainly only proved to give rise to speculation and hoaxes on both sides of the argument and further divide political entities.