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President Trump has accused former President Obama of... something:
In a string of tweets posted early Saturday morning, President Trump let loose a barrage of accusations at his predecessor. He alleged that former President Obama had his "wires tapped" in Trump Tower before Election Day last year, accusing Obama of "McCarthyism" and being a "bad (or sick) guy."
Trump, who is under significant scrutiny for his administration's contacts with Russia before he took office, offered no evidence to support his claims Saturday morning. Neither the White House nor Obama's office has responded immediately to NPR's requests for comment.
[...] Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Also at WaPo, NYT, Reuters, Fox News, BBC, and Snopes, which hints that it may be related to this story.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 06 2017, @02:11PM
Haha, I love that one. If you don't see things the way I see them, you're mentally ill. I've learned from experience that such sentiments are usually precursors to violence. ymmv
I'll note two things here. First, I disagree on that assertion. Sure, there are some viewpoints such as "Trump is very evil and very stupid" or getting too involved Marxism that I do see as mentally ill. But even then, I believe the remedy is simple. Think about the beliefs in question rather than merely accept them. A more rational person might still have some shade of these beliefs because that's in their self-interest to have, but at least, they wouldn't be making silly arguments on the internet (such as comparing Trump to Hitler before Trump has ever had a chance to do anything Hitler-like).
In fact, this has already happened to some degree. Aside from one poster and myself just now, no one has made the inevitable comparison to Hitler. I think that is a positive direction.
At some point, opponents of Trump will want support for their viewpoints, particularly if they're in the US. (Re)learning how to convince people would be helpful to that. For example, not everyone will think that Trump is the worst thing ever. Thus, one would need to start from that viewpoint and present arguments that are convincing rather than assume everyone (or at least everyone worth convincing) will equally despise Trump.
What is routinely forgotten here is that Trump was elected not because a near majority believe in him (much less believe him), but because he wasn't Clinton or perceived as establishment. He goes into this term with some of the weakest support a US president has ever received and still gotten elected. If he really is going off the rails as claimed, it should be easy to overturn his influence in 2018 and 2020. For the US Democrats here, a key part of the strategy would be not nominating a terrible candidate.