Trump tweeted Obama wiretap claims after aide slipped a Breitbart article into his reading pile...

[DonViejo]

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 wasn’t named by the AP, placed a printout of the report into the president’s 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]

1. They're leaking this why? To shift blame to an anonymous aide?

I don't think so. It's all on 45.

[CentralMass]

3. And tbe fake newd that he choses to xo sume.

[rickford66]

23. I decoded everything except "sume".

[tblue37]

37. Poster meant "consume," I imagine. nt

[zentrum]

45. I think "newd"

...is you know, nude. And the x part is a joke of some sort about x-rated??

[tblue37]

48. Nah--"newd" is a common typo for "news," especially on a small keyboard.

Of course, you could just be joking and pretending to find that post incomprehensible.

[NewJeffCT]

5. This a very typical GOP response

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.

[harun]

14. +1

[KittyWampus]

18. Bannon isn't a low level staffer.

[NewJeffCT]

20. the article didn't say it was Bannon

it was a staffer who was not named.

[Hortensis]

52. AP didn't buy. Commented that Sr. staffers also insert items...

[riversedge]

10. By the WH putting this out--it just shows how stupid Trump is to believe it and then ACT on it!

[Kolesar]

15. The "Dog shit colored President" actually heard it from RW broadcasting

Now they are trying to deflect the story.

[Cracklin Charlie]

30. Shifting blame from Sessions and Trump.

Sessions told him about the investigation, and Assface got up next morning and blabbed that classified info all over twitter.

Avoidance of prosecution.

[xor]

35. I don't see how that would help Trump in the least

If anything, it just shows how easy he is to manipulate. It's all on him either way.

[Beartracks]

46. Yeah, but the so-called President still tweeted it out all on his own. n/t

[dalton99a]

2. Somebody ought to slip "Trump eats shit" into his reading pile and see if he repeats it

[Mr. Evil]

25. ROTFLMFAO!!!

Thank you for making me laugh so hard I spewed half-chewed walnuts all over my keyboard! Awesome!

[tanyev]

4. So easily manipulated. Sad!

[Tanuki]

6. Frightening!

[Friend or Foe]

7. Reading Pile?

Do Archie comics count as reading?

[riversedge]

9. I was thinking--What reading pile? what does he read? Now we know--that he reads clips from

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]

38. McDonald's menu? n/t

[riversedge]

39. KFC!!

[murielm99]

42. Yes.

Reading pile? He has a reading pile?

[bullwinkle428]

49. My first reaction - "FAKE NEWS!!! HE DOESN'T READ ANYTHING!"

[justgamma]

8. Couldn't have been Bannon

the ex breitbart honcho, could it. He's got 45 convinced that Breitbart is the only news telling the truth.

[JHB]

21. Well, maybe Bannon is ok with being called an "aide"...

...since he's the "aide" who is the one sitting at the Big Desk.

[Sunlei]

33. maybe Bannon needs to explain to congress on 3/20 how breibart fake news got that wiretap line.

[Justice]

11. more sad fodder for SNL

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. slip a "I must quit - this job is beyond my capability" note into that pile!

[More_Cowbell]

13. This is to stop the obstruction of justice charges

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]

16. Clearly, his reading pile contains only the most important things he should know.

[KittyWampus]

17. That would be Bannon. Is there any doubt?

[KewlKat]

19. this story shows jusy how unfit to serve he is. He's

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]

28. He has never been qualified to assistant manage a convenience store, let alone a hotel

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]

22. Bye-Bye Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus

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]

24. Perhaps they are floating this out to see if it would be more

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]

32. yes, on trumps maga twitter account, they tweet-spam the crazzyy tabloid stories 24/7.

kellyannes 'job'-to shit stir the fake presidents, fake news 24/7.

[riversedge]

40. It is just a stupid made up story!! IMHO

[Mr. Evil]

26. Yeah, there's a pile alright.

But, it sure as hell doesn't having anything to do with reading.

[HopeAgain]

27. Sounds like a "Trump approved" leak

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]

29. Too late for that! :-)

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]

31. I saw the microphone in the eye of that life size lion his kid was sitting on.

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]

34. I'm halfway hoping he never gets his hands on The Onion

and halfway hoping he does...

[xor]

36. Nailed it!

[calimary]

51. Welcome to DU, N77VG!

I know what you mean! Wonder what he'd think of Andy Borowitz?

www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. President Burgundy.

[Sorceress]

43. This aide's name wasn't Meredith by any chance?

[maddiemom]

44. Trump has a reading "pile?"

Hard to believe. I thought he limited his "daily briefing" to one page with bullet points.

[spinbaby]

50. That was my first thought, too

I can't believe he reads anything.

[Cha]

47. trump's IQ is less than zero

[MarianJack]

53. Donald Rump's reading pile?

Did Bannon slip it in between the Penthouse and the Hustler?

PEACE!

[Crash2Parties]

54. His "reading pile"? That is very interesting for a number of reasons.

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.