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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
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Thexalon on Sunday March 05 2017, @03:12PM (10 children)
When you think about Trump and his history, what he has to hide is actually not that hard to figure out. And it's only tangentially about Russia, and not at all about Putin.
What he is hiding is that he's beyond broke. Indeed, I suspect his personal finances are effectively a Ponzi scheme, that is he pays off his loans by taking out other loans, and if any of his creditors knew this for certain his entire lifestyle would collapse. The equivalent idea for ordinary schlubs like me or you would be maxing out credit cards and solving your problem by paying off the balance with your other credit cards in the hopes that nobody notices the overall trend.
The foreign involvement in all this is pretty simple: The banks in New York figured out that Trump was a terrible lending risk and refused to lend to him (not surprising, given all his bankruptcies). Trump solved that problem by borrowing from foreign banks who hadn't figured him out yet when he took out the loans. The foreign banks, wanting to get their ROI, then would have wanted Trump to win the presidency figuring that in a reasonably corrupt country Trump could figure out a way to pay off his debts using the public treasury. Which means it's quite possible that those banks funded efforts to help him / hurt his opponent without Trump knowing about it, solely because they want their money back.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @03:48PM
Yup, that sounds more mundane and reasonable. And Russia has him blackmailed over a barrel...
All hail the conman in chief!
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday March 05 2017, @04:53PM (1 child)
How can this be? I mean, he is such a great businessman, he told me so, and he was the boss on "The Apprentice"!!!
It's interesting that, in the UK, the boss on "The Apprentice" is someone who has a legitimate claim to be a great businessman: he started with very little, yet has made himself very wealthy.
But, more seriously, I have always suspected that the reason he has not disclosed his taxes is that it would reveal that he is not as wealthy as he portrays himself to be.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday March 05 2017, @06:19PM
I will never forget the great laugh I had when shortly after the bottom fell out of the junk bond market I walked past a book store and saw a stack of "The Art of the Deal" out front marked 75% off.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday March 05 2017, @05:10PM (5 children)
The first read, your post sounds akin to the progressive butthurt posts. But, the second read, it does make more sense. I have no idea how much Trump is really worth. But, we do know that Trump can win and lose mountains of money in a short period of time.
Yeah, if he is broke, and the banks in Russia have figured that out, then your scenario would make sense. Bankers do tend to cover their own asses.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @05:44PM (3 children)
Didja here that thexalon?
Runaway has determined that you are not butthurt!
That's a great honor, a yuge, yuge honor!
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Sunday March 05 2017, @07:00PM (2 children)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxGgnI6kCrs [youtube.com]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @07:14PM (1 child)
Do you think *anyone* is going to bother clicking on that?
Your narcissism is boundless.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 06 2017, @08:01AM
When Runaway1956 posts a youtube url, I never click on it, because I am not at all interested in animal husbandry and crimes against nature. I am quite sure the Mr. Runaway is happy that Trump is President, and no doubt like many has presumed that many things once verboten are now quite kosher, like carnal knowledge of domestic livestock. But this is only a residuum of the South. Thank Goodness Abe Lincoln was a Vampire Slayer.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday March 05 2017, @10:31PM
It also leads to a conclusion I think we might be able to agree on: Citizens should watch what happens to government money as closely as possible, because it probably isn't going where you think.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @07:13PM
Isn't this exactly what people have been saying the US gov has been doing?