In another tweetstorm this morning, Donald Trump went off on President Obama, accusing his predecessor of tapping the phones at Trump Tower, ranting about McCarthyism now instead of witch hunts, and proving once more that he does not understand the difference between official state functions, such as a president receiving an ambassador, and clandestine meetings via the back door of Trump Tower or during a national convention.
You can tell what this is all about by how Trump’s thoughts went from defending Sessions to diverting attention away from Sessions:
The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
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Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Just out: The same Russian Ambassador that met Jeff Sessions visited the Obama White House 22 times, and 4 times last year alone.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
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
The last tweet is an obvious and pathetic attempt by Trump to answer charges that he is another Nixon but without the brains:
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
This is simply embarrassing, to have a president carrying on like this, and he is so worked up he can’t even spell “tap.”
To hear him talk about an election process in which he received help from a hostile foreign power as “sacred” is beyond belief, but this is Donald Trump, always accusing others of the things he has done, as when he demanded an investigation of Hillary Clinton for meeting, in her official capacity as Secretary of State, of meeting with the Russian ambassador.
Needless to say, Trump provides no evidence to back up his wild claims, just has he has provided no tax returns.
This is a classic move by Donald Trump. With the jaws of justice closing in on his administration over illicit meetings with representatives of a hostile foreign power, he lashes out in the most dramatic way possible to divert attention from his own wrong-doings.
The only thing that is certain at this point is that we haven’t heard the last out of the national tragedy that is the Trump White House.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
