Trump tweeted Obama wiretap claims after aide slipped a Breitbart article into his reading pile...
Source: RawStory
Trump tweeted Obama wiretap claims after aide slipped a Breitbart article into his reading pile: report
TRAVIS GETTYS
10 MAR 2017 AT 09:17 ET
President Donald Trump reportedly accused his predecessor of illegally wiretapping him based on a Breitbart News report slipped to him by an aide.
The Associated Press reported that an aide slipped the Breitbart News report, which was based on claims made by right-wing talk show host Mark Levin, alleging that Obama had ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower during the presidential campaign.
The aide, who wasnt named by the AP, placed a printout of the report into the presidents daily reading pile, and Trump then tweeted out the accusation Saturday without offering any proof.
The White House has not given a clear answer on the evidence Trump used to justify the accusation, and the president has asked Congress to find the proof for him.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-tweeted-obama-wiretap-claims-after-aide-slipped-a-breitbart-article-into-his-reading-pile-report/
truthisfreedom
(23,154 posts)I don't think so. It's all on 45.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)rickford66
(5,528 posts)tblue37
(65,483 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)...is you know, nude. And the x part is a joke of some sort about x-rated??
tblue37
(65,483 posts)Of course, you could just be joking and pretending to find that post incomprehensible.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)they blame mistakes on some "low level staffer" and not on the person that the buck should stop with. They are the "Party of Personal Responsibility" after all.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)it was a staffer who was not named.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Now they are trying to deflect the story.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Sessions told him about the investigation, and Assface got up next morning and blabbed that classified info all over twitter.
Avoidance of prosecution.
xor
(1,204 posts)If anything, it just shows how easy he is to manipulate. It's all on him either way.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)Thank you for making me laugh so hard I spewed half-chewed walnuts all over my keyboard! Awesome!
tanyev
(42,609 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)Friend or Foe
(195 posts)Do Archie comics count as reading?
riversedge
(70,299 posts)vile RW sites.
But--this article is silly--why blame an aide??? It was Trump who acted on this vile article by accusing Obama of wiretapping him. Trump is responsible and he alone is responsible!
moonscape
(4,673 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)murielm99
(30,761 posts)Reading pile? He has a reading pile?
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)justgamma
(3,666 posts)the ex breitbart honcho, could it. He's got 45 convinced that Breitbart is the only news telling the truth.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...since he's the "aide" who is the one sitting at the Big Desk.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Justice
(7,188 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)If Trump got it from Breitbart, then he wasn't tweeting classified information he got from the DOJ. That's their line of thinking, I bet.
JudyM
(29,271 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)To reactionary, goes off half cocked, caused by paranoia and illness. Doesn't run down the story or check a source and depends on others to spoon feed him what he should read. Fail.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)or golf course or country.
The facts about him are out there. He can barely read and comprehend, never reads books. Has zero intellectual curiosity, is driven solely by greed and revenge.
You cant find a worse person to put in that position, anywhere on earth. You can find some equally as bad as him but not worse.
So NATURALLY the rank and file republican voters love him.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Looks like the "gatekeeper" is not the only one with the keys to the gate. The boss seemed to hand out the keys like candy. This is a clear indication that Priebus is on a short leash.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)palatable if an "aide" snuck it into a reading pile (LOL!) and if that holds a little water, then we'll claim his "reading pile" is only official stuff, so he thought it was official (except for that part about leaking classified info - oops!) Hmm...looks like no matter how it is twisted, the tweeter-in-chief will look as foolish as he is.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)But, it sure as hell doesn't having anything to do with reading.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)They are looking for a way to blame somebody other than Trump. Some low level aid will get blamed, and this thing will grow quiet before the subpoenas are issued and Trump is made to look the fool.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)But I agree that he's chosen to look foolish for tweeting about unconfirmed claims rather than to look criminal for tweeting about an ongoing investigation.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)and another bug! in those trumpwaters he always had out on the tables.
and one sew into the hem of his big boy pants.
and in the jets leather seats or upper lights?, a camera! the cleaning service did it!
N77VG
(65 posts)and halfway hoping he does...
calimary
(81,454 posts)I know what you mean! Wonder what he'd think of Andy Borowitz?
www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)Sorceress
(309 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Hard to believe. I thought he limited his "daily briefing" to one page with bullet points.
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)I can't believe he reads anything.
Cha
(297,606 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)Did Bannon slip it in between the Penthouse and the Hustler?
PEACE!
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)1. it tells us he doesn't actually read the website even from his phone
2. it tells us that when he does quote / reference / learn from the site, it's been printed & fed to him
3. the person sworn in as president accepts whatever news is fed to him
4. that person apparently has no critical thought of their own.