Report: Obama was furious after Trump accused him of wiretapping

[corbe]

Report: Obama was furious after Trump accused him of wiretapping

 By Paulina Firozi - 03/07/17 10:49 PM EST 


Former President Obama was reportedly furious after President Trump fired off tweets accusing him of wiretapping Trump Tower before the presidential election, according to a new report.

An aide to Obama told the Wall Street Journal the former president had decided he would not respond to every one of the his successor's tweets. But people familiar with Obama's thinking told the WSJ he was livid after Trump posted several tweets early Saturday morning making serious accusations.

“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” Trump first tweeted on Saturday, without evidence.

An Obama spokesman later responded:

“A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” said Kevin Lewis. “As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”

Trump's allegations have widened a rift between Trump and his predecessor, according to the report, who made an effort to be cordial during the transition.
Trump also reportedly believes that officials loyal to Obama have been behind the leaks coming out of the administration.

Christopher Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax Media and a friend of the president, told the Wall Street Journal that “Trump’s people think Obama is at war with them.”

He reiterated the idea that allies of president Obama were behind “a lot of the problems.”

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/322875-report-obama-was-furious-after-trump-accused-him-of-wiretapping-trump

[corbe]

   Note to Self, invest in popcorn futures, it's gonna be an interesting 4 years.

[endicom]

This getting furious must be a presidential thing.

[Wingnut]

This getting furious must be a presidential thing.

The new fake news hook it seems.

[Frank Cannon]

The new fake news hook it seems.

Fake news provided to us by a bunch of fakes...

“The press is a gang of cruel faggotz. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.” – Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[Norm Lenhart]

Fake news provided to us by a bunch of fakes...

“The press is a gang of cruel faggotz. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.” – Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

It also has a downside...

[Frank Cannon]

It also has a downside...

LOL.

[Cripplecreek]

I think Trump is just desperate to draw Obama into a public fight. I don't see Obama falling for it.

[mountaineer]

A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice

[Emjay]

Fake news provided to us by a bunch of fakes...

“The press is a gang of cruel faggotz. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.” – Hunter S. Thompson – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Elegantly put, Frank (and Hunter)

[IsailedawayfromFR]

“A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” said Kevin Lewis. “As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”

This distancing of Obama from his underlings is really stupid.

The Constitution confers 100% of Executive onto a single person - The President.  He is free to delegate that power to others, but it is HIS POWER he is delegating. The individuals themselves have no independent power.

So the President is 100% responsible for the actions of any of his subordinates.

[DiogenesLamp]

Report: Obama was furious after Trump accused him of wiretapping

Good.   It's about time someone slapped that smug and undeserved arrogance off of that literal bastard's face.   

[DiogenesLamp]

I think Trump is just desperate to draw Obama into a public fight. I don't see Obama falling for it.

Obama is a thin skinned imbecile.   He won't be able to help himself.   

[skeeter]

This distancing of Obama from his underlings is really stupid.

The Constitution confers 100% of Executive onto a single person - The President.  He is free to delegate that power to others, but it is HIS POWER he is delegating. The individuals themselves have no independent power.

So the President is 100% responsible for the actions of any of his subordinates.

All that is true, but the media will protect their prince.

[Forum member]

This distancing of Obama from his underlings is really stupid.

The Constitution confers 100% of Executive onto a single person - The President.  He is free to delegate that power to others, but it is HIS POWER he is delegating. The individuals themselves have no independent power.

So the President is 100% responsible for the actions of any of his subordinates.

[Sanguine]