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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: 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.