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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 46

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Reince Priebus plays a starring role in taking the blame for Trump’s ineptitude, answers as to why Trump panics about the probe into his Russia scandal – part of which involving his son-in-law is unraveling, Trump may have screwed himself on getting support from Democrats in Congress, Trump’s EPA could end up greenlighting chemicals that damage humans – especially children, why Trump may not be able to defund sanctuary cities resisting his pernicious Muslim Ban, Trump’s stealth war of retaliation against sanctuary cities, incessant insecurity and infighting in Trump’s White House continues growing, flip-flopping – in typical fraudulent Trump fashion – on getting Obamacare replaced, Trump and the U.S. budget are unable to keep up with his promises, destroying President Obama’s climate plan and the environment might not be as easy as Trump thinks, Trump’s approval rating sinks to new low twice in one week, the pernicious egregiousness of Trump’s executive order on destroying the environment and climate, the existential threat posed by Trump’s treasonous White House, GOP still covering up Trump’s crimes and Russia scandal, GOP still hiding Trump’s tax returns – for the third time, getting more organized to resist and deal with the trauma that Trump is, Trump’s ignorance extends to foreign affairs – which is a big problem and more.

In Trump’s White House drama, Priebus is favorite target article from the AP on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-white-house-drama-priebus-favorite-target-200333300.html

White House’s explanation for Kushner’s secret meeting with a Russian banker unravels article from Think Progress. –
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-explanation-kushner-meeting-russian-banker-7372692a38d7

Now we know why Trump panicked about Russia probe article from the Chicago Tribune. –
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-nunes-russia-investigation-20170328-story.html

“You know things are looking grim for President Donald Trump when he starts tweeting about Hillary Clinton again. Monday evening he sounded trapped and wounded: “Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia, Russian speech.”

Well, perhaps it is because she is not president, did not hold back her tax returns, did not constantly cheer for Vladimir Putin, did not hire a host of pro-Putin flunkies and did not have aides who lied about contact with Russian officials.

Trump’s tweet certainly appears to be an attempt to deflect attention and to shift discussion away from the newest revelation about the Trump Russia scandal. The Post reports:

“The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress in the House investigation of links between Russian officials and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, The Washington Post has learned, a position that is likely to further anger Democrats who have accused Republicans of trying to damage the inquiry…”

Trump realizes he shouldn’t have written Democrats off – but he’s already screwed himself article from the Business Insider on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-realizes-shouldnt-written-democrats-215130141.html

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 44

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Today’s misadventures begins with the reason Republicans are constantly defending Trump’s most ridiculous lies – which will eventually come back to hurt them, Trump’s popularity continues staying in the basement, a timeline of the long, twisted history of the Trump-Russia scandal, the fraud that is Donald Trump is about to implode, questioning whether or not our minority-elect President is delusional enough to try and carry out a false flag terrorist attack, Jeb Bush realizes that Trump is a distraction in and of himself, relearning Democracy in the tenacious Trump era, Fox faux News send out alert about Trump working at the White House, demanding credit for Obama’s successes, reforming surveillance in the age of Donald Trump, further entrenching corruption in the Trump family tree, health care battle could hurt Trump’s tax overhaul plan, ruling by decree in the land of delusion to try and destroy every good thing your popular predecessor did, letter to the loser and more.

Why Republicans dutifully defend Trump’s most ridiculous lies article from the Week. –
http://theweek.com/articles/687872/why-republicans-dutifully-defend-trumps-most-ridiculous-lies

“In the past, presidents have told big lies mostly for one of two reasons. In the midst of scandal or failure, they told lies to protect themselves and deny that they had done wrong: I am not a crook, we did not trade arms for hostages, I did not have sexual relations with that woman. Or they lied to convince the public to go along with a policy initiative, whether a war or a tax cut or a new program, when the truth was insufficiently persuasive.

Unlike his predecessors, President Trump lies for any reason at all.

I imagine the sinking feeling his aides get when he blurts out another whopper. “Now I’m going to have to go out and defend this,” they say with a sigh, then huddle together to arrive at the least laughable spin they can come up with, so they can rationalize the lie — which Trump will of course be unwilling to retreat from.

White House staff have little choice but to reinforce, justify, and repeat their boss’ lies, though I suppose they could retain some shred of dignity and integrity by quitting. But what about Trump’s fellow Republicans, particularly the ones in Congress? They’re in an uncomfortable position, knowing that he’s still popular with the GOP base and so not having his back could have electoral costs. Being a “maverick” might sound appealing, but not when it’s going to cost you lots of votes or hinder your ability to work with the rest of the party on your legislative priorities…”

Poll: Trump’s approval rating drops after his ‘worst week’ as president article from AOL News. –
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/27/poll-trumps-approval-rating-drops-after-his-worst-week-as-president/22012737/

Dollar, Equities Drop on Doubts Trump Can Deliver: Markets Wrap article from Bloomberg Markets. –
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-26/wariness-engulfs-markets-as-trump-optimism-tested-markets-wr

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 41

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Voters remorse for yet another Trump supporter whose husband is being deported, Trump gives GOP ultimatum om voting for his fraudulent healthcare con, more evidence alleging Trump team gave Russians a hand in releasing Hillary Clinton smears, FBI uncovering evidence of treason in Trump’s White House, questioning who’s running America while its joke of a presidential twit tweets, there appears to be no end in sight in Trump’s land of delusions, in what is becoming more typical in Trumpland, the White House violated another law trying to pass its fraudulent healthcare con law, 7 years to replace Obamacare and the GOP – led by Trump – can’t even do that, Trump’s conflicts of interests could – and should – be the end of his illegitimate presidency, Trump’s issues with never apologizing or admitting he made a mistake, more on Trump still living in the land of delusion, ignorantly approving Keystone XL could come back to haunt Trump, still blaming everyone else for his own miserable failures, poll finds majority of voters horrified by Trump budget – which is ironic since a majority of voters were horrified by him too, staying engaged is the best way to resist Trump, a loser president – Dan rather hits Trump where it hurts and more.

Trump supporter: My husband is being deported Friday article from Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporter-my-husband-is-being-deported-friday-193439132.html

Trump ultimatum: Vote on health care Friday or Obamacare stays article from AOL News. –
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/23/trump-ultimatum-vote-on-health-care-friday-or-obamacare-stays/22009591/

CNN: Trump Team Gave Russians ‘Thumbs Up’ to Release Hillary Smears article from Mother Jones. –
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/03/cnn-trump-team-gave-russians-thumbs-release-hillary-smears

“CNN has some breaking news:

The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, US officials told CNN….The FBI is now reviewing that information, which includes human intelligence, travel, business and phone records and accounts of in-person meetings.

….One law enforcement official said the information in hand suggests “people connected to the campaign were in contact and it appeared they were giving the thumbs up to release information when it was ready.” But other U.S. officials who spoke to CNN say it’s premature to draw that inference from the information gathered so far since it’s largely circumstantial.

Apparently this is all “raising suspicions” among counterintelligence officers about ties between Russia and the Trump campaign…”

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 40

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Minority-elect President Trump could face some real issues if his fraudulent health care con known as TrumpCare doesn’t pass, GOP inquiry into Trump’s Russia ties highlights need for independent investigation, how to engage, inform, speak truth to lies and fight back in the Trump era, Trump sells out his administration to the Military-Industrial Complex as his popularity continues to plummet, new revelations that Trump’s collusion with Russia to steal the election from Hillary Clinton coming to light, Trump’s delusions over fraudulent wiretap claims growing, bankrupting U.S. taxpayers to protect the first family, Trump’s ignorance on display after being pressed on his slew of evidence-free false claims, Trump’s corruption and ethics violations continue growing by leaps and bounds, healthcare con vote delayed for obvious reasons, growing delusions in Trumpland, turning the resistance into a movement, newest version of TrumpCare – being ramrodded through our corrupt U.S. House of Representatives to be forced down our collective throats – worse than the original and much more.

Trump faces off against Washington Republicans used to saying no article from Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-faces-off-against-washington-republicans-used-to-saying-no-222544024.html

Lincoln was a Republican, slavery is bad – and more discoveries by President Obvious article from the Washington Post. –
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/lincoln-was-a-republican-slavery-is-bad–and-more-discoveries-by-president-obvious/2017/03/22/3360c622-0f2c-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

Trump-Russia inquiry in ‘grave doubt’ after GOP chair briefs White House article from the Guardian. –
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/22/trump-russia-investigation-committee-white-house

“Democratic representative Adam Schiff calls for independent investigation after Devin Nunes shared information with Trump administration before committee

The top Democrat on one of the congressional committees investigating ties between Donald Trump and Russia has raised “grave doubt” over the viability of the inquiry after its Republican chairman shared information with the White House and not their committee colleagues.

In the latest wild development surrounding the Russia inquiry that has created an air of scandal around Trump, Democrat Adam Schiff effectively called his GOP counterpart, Devin Nunes, a proxy for the White House, questioning his conduct.

“These actions raise enormous doubt about whether the committee can do its work,” Schiff said late Wednesday afternoon after speaking with Nunes, his fellow Californian, before telling MSNBC that evidence tying Trump to Russia now appeared “more than circumstantial”…”

10 Ways to Speak Truth to Lies in the Trump Era article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/speaking-truth-power-trumps-america

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 38

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Trump’s trials and tribulations in the land of delusion, more Trump supporters are waking up to the fact that they voted for a con artist, Trump’s presidency shaped by Fox News, FBI fuels fires of looming Trump-Russia scandal as reality catches up, Spicer still lying faithfully for his ignorant boss, Trump threatens House Republicans with loss of seats if they don’t vote for his fraudulent Obamacare replacement – despite the fact that many of them will lose their seats if they do vote for TrumpCare, obviously our idiot-in-chief is not a mastermind, Spicer’s feeble attempt at justifying Trump’s golfing habits after Trump smeared President Obama’s golfing habits, unsurprisingly, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is a liar, opposition to Trump is reshaping the political landscape, former Nixon counsel says White House is in full cover up mode, Trump still touting fraudulent wiretap claims despite no evidence, multiple reasons to be mad in Trump’s Washington, new questions about ethics and corruption over Trump’s new hotels, Trump’s failing lies are beginning to frustrate him, it appears our minority-elect President might be jealous of President Obama, Trump’s threats over passing his health care con failed, idiocracy in action as evidenced by Trump’s electronic device ban affecting 10 Middle Eastern (Muslim) countries – effectively turning ‘evaluated intelligence’ into an oxymoron and much more.

Trump dismisses a poll that doesn’t exist from coming from an inaccurate pollster that wasn’t article from the Washington Post. –
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/politics/wp/2017/03/20/trump-dismisses-a-poll-that-doesnt-exist-for-coming-from-an-inaccurate-pollster-that-wasnt/

Trump Supporters in Rural Georgia Are Waking Up to the Cruelty of His Attack on Obamacare article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trump-supporters-rural-georgia-are-waking-cruelty-his-attack-obamacare

“The way they talked, it was supposed to be better,” one disgruntled Trump voter said.

Times are tough for rural America. School consolidation forces their children to travel outside their city to attend classes. Drought is killing crops and with it a season’s income or more. Now they must contend with the Republican Congress and President Donald Trump, who have crafted a health care plan that will hurt rural America.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiled many rural Georgians who stand to lose if the president signs Trumpcare…”

FINALLY: CNN Calls Out Trump for ‘A Presidenty Shaped By Fox News’ article from the Daily Kos. –
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/19/1645212/-FINALLY-CNN-Calls-Out-Trump-For-A-Presidency-Shaped-By-Fox-News

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 31

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Trump’s new plan for the salary he lied about not taking, Congress had to tell Trump not delete his tweets – future evidence, citing phony terrorism to justify his Muslim ban, White House still trying to defend Trump’s lies about wiretapping, TrumpCare is turning into a bigger disaster than previously expected, Trump’s non-existent credibility, another fraudulent unsubstantiated claim from Trump against President Obama – this time over jobs, Trump opponents fueling rise of Rachel Maddow popularity, Trump spends 15 percent of his time at properties that he owns or that bear his name, Conway takes dipshittery to new depths defending Trump’s wiretapping conspiracy theory, Trump’s dangerous war on memory and critical thought, Trump is proud of his healthcare bill – even though ‘it’s not his,’ Trump’s childcare plan mainly benefits the rich, White House still confident Trump’s bogus wiretap claims will be proved, another top Trump cabal aide busted for breaking criminal conflict of interest Law and more.

Trump plans to donate salary, despite pledge not to take one article from GMA on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-plans-donate-salary-despite-pledge-not-one-211723524–abc-news-topstories.html

Congress Had to Tell Donald Trump to Stop Deleting His Tweets article from Harper’s Bazaar on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/style/congress-had-tell-donald-trump-184340070.html

“Donald Trump might be done tweeting and deleting-at least if he listens to Congress. This weeks, two members of Congress sent the White House a letter warning them that Trump and his staff might be violating federal law when they delete tweets from the president’s official accounts, according to Teen Vogue.

The letter (which is available to read in full here) warns that tweets from both the @realDonaldTrump and the official @POTUS accounts “are likely to be presidential records and therefore must be preserved.” If those deleted tweets aren’t archived, then Trump and his staff could be violating the Presidential Records Act.

Trump infamously deleted a tweet less than 24 hours after taking office, when he misspelled “honored” and has tweeted and deleted after similar errors since…”

Trump Cites Fake FBI Terror Plots to Justify Muslim Ban article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/trump-cites-fake-fbi-terror-plots-justify-muslim-ban

Each case of ‘terrorism’ Trump cited was concocted by the FBI and were part of sting operations.

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 30

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Trump’s popularity sinks lower after baseless wiretap claims and TrumpCare, terrorizing immigrants with his raids, more people realizing Trump is a pathological liar working to undermine US democracy, the Trump Dystopian Nightmare on the horizon, Trump’s draconian budget dead before arrival, Ivanka Trump is the exception to her father’s ‘buy American’ rule, Trump’s staff has to clean up his tweetstorm fallacies, Trump and the GOP’s war on their voters, growing protests against TrumpCare and Trump, one question somebody needs to ask Trump, beware the ides of Trump, White House walking back on Trump’s pernicious claims of President Obama wiretapping the minority-elect President, questions as to why Trump is trash-talking our democracy, Democrats retool communications to battle Trump, Trump’s growing conflicts of interest, someone was foolish enough to give Kellyanne Conway a microphone again to defend Trump’s fraudulent wiretap claims – along with more tidbits from two of his other stooges, Trump’s thirst for more Middle Eastern bloodshed grows and more.

Poll: Trump’s approval rating dives following wiretap claims and Trumpcare article from AOL News. –
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/13/poll-trumps-approval-rating-dives-wiretap-claim-and-trumpcare/21880423/

Trump’s season of fear: inside the devastation left by immigration raids article from the Guardian. –
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/13/undocumented-immigration-raids-ice-impact

Donald Trump is a pathological liar working to undermine US democracy, says Bernie Sanders article from the Independent on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-pathological-liar-working-161428786.html

“Bernie Sanders has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump, who he described as a “pathological liar” with authoritarian ambitions.

Speaking to The Guardian, Mr Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination last year, said he believed Mr Trump’s lies were an attempt on the President’s part to “undermine the foundations of American democracy.”

The Vermont senator pointed to Mr Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about mass voter fraud in US elections and his dismissal of District Judge James L Robart as a “so-called judge”, after he temporarily blocked the President’s ban on travellers from Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States.

The President has also recently accused Barack Obama of wire-tapping Trump Tower, without producing any evidence to substantiate this claim…”

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 26

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Trump’s out-of-control wiretapping claims getting worse, Trumpism as an existential threat, his love affair with WikiLeaks appears to be over, more on Trump’s Iranian money laundering scheme, Trump’s Keystone XL story falls apart, White House confusion on Trump being target of investigation, the serious threat Trump poses that no one is talking about, Trump lied about revitalizing inner cities, choosing instead to shred affordable housing, Trump doesn’t want his disastrous Obamacare replacement named after him, it appears Breitbart might be turning on Trump, conflicts of interest Iranian style, double standards in Trump’s land of delusion, anti-Trump resistance groups growing, Trump’s threat to harm Americans if Trumpcare fails and more.

Is Trumpism an existential threat? article from Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/is-trumpism-an-existential-threat-100032958.html

This may be the worst defense of Trump’s Obama-wiretapped-me claim – literally article from the Washington Post. –
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/08/this-might-be-the-worst-defense-of-trumps-obama-wiretapped-me-claim-literally/

“Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which means he’s in charge of investigating President Trump’s evidence-free allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his offices.

But Nunes doesn’t seem particularly worried that the current president accused the former president of a crime. Echoing so many Republican defenses of Trump’s tweets, he suggested Tuesday that Trump’s allegation simply shouldn’t be taken at face value.

Here’s what Nunes said:

The president is a neophyte to politics. He’s been doing this a little over a year. And I think a lot of the things that he says, you guys sometimes take literally. Sometimes he doesn’t have 27 lawyers and staff looking at what he does — which is, I think, at times refreshing and at times can also lead us to have to be sitting at a press conference like this, answering questions that you guys are asking. But at the end of the day, I think tweets are a very transparent way for a politician of any rank to communicate with their constituents. So I don’t think we should attack the president for tweeting.

There are a couple straw men here. One is the idea that Trump needs “27 lawyers” reading his tweets before they go out. The implication is that Trump didn’t really know what he was saying would be a big deal…”

Donald Trump team attacks WikiLeaks over CIA files, despite President once saying he ‘loved’ them article from Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/donald-trump-team-attacks-wikileaks-131700701.html

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Trump is gutting the EPA despite claims of loving clean air and water, escalating his campaign or terrorizing immigrants, destroying laws to increase his profits at everyone else’s expense, Trump’s raging tweets due to growing frustration over his own malfeasance, still trying to deflect attention from his growing scandals, White House backtracking on Trump’s wiretapping claims, the mad insanity of Donald Trump, Trump’s conspiracy theory over wiretapping started by right-wing radio host, another leaked video shows trouble in Trump’s land of delusion, Trump’s team trying desperately to pacify him, some say Trump must be removed from Twitter, Trump signs second attempt at Muslim ban by Executive Order, far-right media gives Trump answers to his questions, more evidence our distractor-in-chief trying to make the public avoid what matters in his lackluster presidency, mistaking his stupidity for cleverness, Trump’s travel ban 2.0 will probably still face legal problems, we’ll soon find out how far alternative facts can take your failing presidency, Trump – the enigma, suffering from an inferiority complex over his predecessor and more.

Trump Says He Loves Clean Air and Water. So Why Is He Gutting the EPA? article from Mother Jones. –
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/02/trump-doesnt-want-give-you-dirty-details-his-clean-air-and-clean-water-promise

“The dirty details of the president’s environmental policies.

Even President Donald Trump likes clean water and air. During his speech to Congress Tuesday night, Trump certainly didn’t dwell on the matter: His pledge to “promote clean air and water” was lumped in a sentence with commitments to work with both parties, push for paid family leave, and “invest in women’s health.” But it was still there.

No matter who you ask—Republicans or Democrats—everyone likes to breathe air and drink water that won’t kill them. Air and water poll so well, in fact, that Republicans will almost never come out and say that their policies might actually make them dirtier. Trump used similar lines about clean air and water throughout the campaign, saying things like, “We are going to work very, very hard on clean air and clean water.” The subject also appears near the bottom of the energy section of the White House website…”

Teed off: Critics say Trump water rule helps his golf links article from the AP on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teed-off-critics-trump-water-rule-helps-golf-150135246.html

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 22

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Trump incorrectly trying to blame his predecessor – not the FBI – for unsubstantiated claims that he was wiretapped, meaning a FISA Judge found probable cause to surveil him (which of course if bad news for Trump), our liar-in-chief is branded a liar for false ‘watergate’ claims – which is being used to try and deflect attention away from his ever-growing Russian scandal, Trump warned not to tread on State Pot Laws, Breitbart acting as Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda on phony wiretap claims, once again our minority-elect President tweets before he thinks, a short Trump wiretap conspiracy theory short story courtesy of Stephen King, Trump’s baseless wire-tap claims rule Sunday political theater talk shows, media helps Trump deflect responsibility for failed Yemen Raid, some say Trump’s Tweet tantrum was fueled because he knows he has been caught, Fox News and their role in Trump’s delusional fairy tales, fighting brain rot in the Trump era and more.

Trump’s Wiretapping Claim Based on Warrants Granted to FBI article from Fortune on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-wiretapping-claim-based-warrants-195318817.html

A FISA court, allegedly with probable cause, would have issued the order to wiretap Trump and his ilk, not President Obama.

Even Donald Trump officials ‘do not know’ where he got wiretap claims from article by the Independent on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/even-donald-trump-officials-not-120500662.html

“White House officials have reportedly said they have no idea where President Donald Trump got his information that his phones were wire-tapped by Barack Obama.

Mr Trump made his latest explosive claims on Twitter without offering supporting evidence, saying he was the target of a Watergate-style plot and his New York office was wiretapped during the election campaign against Hillary Clinton.

Two former senior US officials dismissed Mr Trump’s accusations out of hand as “just nonsense” and “just wrong”, with one telling CNN categorically: “This did not happen…”

Trump accused Obama of ‘McCarthysism.’ But Trump’s lifelong mentor had a crucial role in its rise article from the Chicago Tribune. –
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-obama-wiretap-mccarthy-cohn-20170304-story.html

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