In another public meltdown on Twitter, Donald Trump accused his predecessor of wiretapping his residences. The current administration has been treading in controversy and this story is just a new chapter in the never-ending saga of Trump scandal.
Is 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, 2017
I'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, 2017
How 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
In his lunatic series of tweets, Trump accused former President Barack Obama of tapping phone lines at Trump Tower. He also hinted at finding an attorney to argue his case in court. Of cpurse, the accusations are baseless and point to proliferating paranoia on Trump’s part. Trump claims that the phone tapping took place during the election process.
No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you. https://t.co/lEVscjkzSw
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) March 4, 2017
No. They couldn't. Only a liar could do that. https://t.co/G5v8q2Fm5k
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) March 4, 2017
In response to the President’s accusatory tweets, Ben Rhodes, a former policy advisor for the Obama administration called President Trump a “tyrant,” saying that only a liar would make such an argument in a courtroom. One of Rhodes’ tweets said
“No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.”
This explosive wiretapping accusation is not the first baseless conspiracy theory that President Trump has embraced in regards to former President Obama. Trump was also one of the originators of the “birther” conspiracy theory, in which Obama was accused of being born in another country, thus making him ineligible for the presidency.