US Election & Presidency

(05-03-2017 08:20 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head

Seriously? Where have you been the last few months?

On his feet, maybe, but in print?

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  

(04-03-2017 19:47 )MR PERFECT Wrote:  Obama's people have said that no one was tapped during his time

They would say that, wouldn't they?

I liked the way some slagged off where he could have got this info from, like a right wing radio show or something. If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head, b) he's much more likely to have been given it officially from, I don't know, security services who would have such information and tell him because he's their boss (or would want to show him undeniable proof if it were baloney).

If there's any tin-foil hats going around, it's the media who're wearing most of them.

Trump provided no evidence he just put it out there. He simply slings mud and hopes that enough of his supporters will eat it up. He isn't guided by telling the truth.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39170985

^ By tweeting what he did he has also (if the phone tapping did happen) confirmed that the judge who approved the request believed the FBI had justifiable cause to tap his phone.

Obama's camp claim that he never did such a thing to any American and that the law precludes him from doing it.

As with many of his angry tweets it looks like Trump got his ideas from something he'd just seen or read - in this case Breitbart published an article that had first surfaced before the election in a right wing publication.

^^ He is guided by the tenets of deflection and other media game playing.

Even the Arnie spat gets The Apprentice (now there's something that is truly "failing") - a show that Trump is still making a wedge off - a load of free publicity.

This administration, more than any before it, is wrestling to try to control "the message". Check out this Reuter's piece on the apparent atmosphere his team are creating around the Whitehouse: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN16A0GD (Reuters is an 'approved' source according to Mr T IIRC.) They are frantic to put the Russia thing to bed and hide the machinery going forward.

(05-03-2017 08:31 )Doddle Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 08:20 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head

Seriously? Where have you been the last few months?

On his feet, maybe, but in print?

I suspect a 4am twitter rant is leaning more towards 'off the top of his head' than carefully considered statement of fact.

Or maybe he just got up to pee and stubbed his toe

(05-03-2017 11:44 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 08:31 )Doddle Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 08:20 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head

Seriously? Where have you been the last few months?

On his feet, maybe, but in print?

I suspect a 4am twitter rant is leaning more towards 'off the top of his head' than carefully considered statement of fact.

Or maybe he just got up to pee and stubbed his toe

This has all the makings of being a good 'toe gate' scandal

(05-03-2017 07:59 )Doddle Wrote:  If the American President, no matter how crazy, says something as specific as that, a) he hasn't just made it up off the top of his head

Even leading Republicans are asking Trump to explain how he came to know about the alleged wire-tapping.

So if Trump hasn't made the whole thing up off the top of his head this would be a good time for him to say so.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39172719 the Donald has just brought the end of his presidency a step closer.

"Our fundamental goal is to make the country great again"

The beeb website was just showing breaking news that the director of US Intelligence at the time is denying Trump Tower was tapped. No story there yet, watch that space