Politics –
White House Leaks
Caused By Obama,
Says Trump
Donald Trump has a White House leaks problem — and now he says he knows who’s behind the leaks: former President Barack Obama!
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Since taking occupancy of The White House just over a month ago, Trump has faced an array of White House leaks. The leaks have had nothing to do with national security, but rather with exposing the incompetency of Trump and his team. Since Trump wants the world to believe that there’s nothing but smooth sailing going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., naturally, inside reports to the contrary irk him beyond belief.
During the past month, the press has released reports of infighting amidst the Trump team, absolute ignorance among his staff of how things in government work, as well as reports of Trump himself wandering the halls of The White House most afternoons while wearing a bathrobe and being obsessed with television news coverage of him.
It’s not a pretty picture and “The Donald” doesn’t like it. So, who’s behind the White House leaks? Barack Obama is, Trump boldly claims.
In a 2-part interview that aired Monday and Tuesday on Fox News, Trump shockingly stated that not only does he believe Mr. Obama is behind the leaks within his administration, but also behind the angry town hall crowds Republicans have faced across the country.
“I think that President Obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it,” Trump said. “And some of the leaks possibly come from that group, which are really serious because they are very bad in terms of national security. …Â And it will probably continue.”
When asked if Mr. Obama taking part in White House leaks and town hall disruptions was a violation of the unwritten presidents’ code, Trump was adamant.
“I think he is behind it. I also think it is politics, that’s the way it is,” Trump replied.
HUH?????
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Since the day Barack Obama left Washington, he has kept an extremely low profile and has only been seen in photos on a remote beach with his wife, Michelle. So HOWÂ could and WHYÂ would President Obama leak any information?
Furthermore, Barack Obama is no longer inside The White House. Donald Trump removed every person associated with the Obama administration on his first day and hired all of his own people. So, how could Mr. Obama possibly know the inner-workings of the Trump team, particularly when Trump and his own people are the only ones in the room??
Still, Trump remains hell-bent on placing blame on anyone except himself or his employees. He even went so far as to add that reports of his calls with the leaders of Mexico and Australia were caused by leaks from “Obama people.” Trump also added the Mr. Obama himself organized the crowds of angry Americans who have nearly shut down several GOP town hall meetings while expressing angst against Trump. In the world of Trump, it’s totally impossible for Americans to be displeased with him. Any negative expressions against him must always be because someone is out to get him and not because he’s doing anything wrong.
Once upon a time, Trump was giddy for White House leaks (from WikiLeaks and others) when he was on the outside looking in and could use leaks to attempt to embarrass President Obama. However, now that the shoe is on the other foot, he’s changed his tune.
Interestingly, White House leaks are nothing new and are experienced by most administrations. The difference here is that most presidential administrations hire experienced people who know what they’re doing and therefore provide nothing odd to leak. With the Trump administration proving to be a 3-ring circus, there’s something clownish to leak daily.
That’s not Barack Obama’s fault. That’s the fault of the star clown himself: Donald Trump!
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I think something is seriously wrong with Trumps brain. He just makes stuff up like it's true and he really believes it. Blame Bannon and those other people you hired not Obama. Somebody needs to order a mental health check on this man for real because something is wrong with him.
BD, I'd wager by now, most Americans would Agree with you because it's just that obvious. He's a flaming nutjob, to say the least.
LOL you ain't never lied Truth.
Lol. How many times can it be said that were it not for the fact that this dangerous clown currently serves as the president of the United States, he'd actually be a laugh a minute. And as DJ correctly highlights – when it comes to the *leaks* and Trump's naked hypocrisy on the issue, you really do have to shake your head…smh.
Oh! …and on a somewhat related and equally absurd note……..
Apparently, yesterday afternoon/evening that same Clown claimed that (and i quote) "“nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.” – in response to the growing Quandary that Trump and the Repubs have created for themselves.
Seriously. You cannot make this stuff up!
I'd also like to add…….
In nation of over 318 million Americans, 62,979,879 million voters consider this dangerous Clown to be "fit" to serve as president.
Just think about that. WE (this entire nation) are like passengers trapped in a high-speed moving vehicle with a totally drunk driver behind the wheel of the car, thanks to a minority of the voter-population.
Something has got to be done about the Electoral College system.
Amen to that.
*BREAKING* Thurs. March 2, 2017
So NOW we know why Trump amped up his attacks against the "Fake News" media. He knew that more Russian-related info was about to be revealed.
"Sessions under fire over Russia meetings"
Top congressional Democrats called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign Wednesday after revelations that he had met with the Russian ambassador in the months before the election — meetings that Sessions did not disclose during his confirmation hearings.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) led the effort late on Wednesday night, accusing Sessions of "lying under oath" during confirmation proceedings about his contacts with the Russians.
"The Attorney General must resign,” Pelosi wrote in a statement. “There must be an independent, bipartisan, outside commission to investigate the Trump political, personal and financial connections to the Russians.” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House oversight committee, also called on Sessions to resign, as did Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
In a statement in the wee hours of Thursday morning, Sessions said,
"I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign." "I have no idea what this allegation is about," he added in his short statement. "It is false."
The news — first reported by the Washington Post — that Sessions met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice last year, including a conversation in Sessions' Senate office, may be the political smoking gun Democrats have been looking for. They've been pushing for months to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate any ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russian government officials, following a steady drumbeat of news stories saying there had been repeated contacts.
It wasn't just Democrats amping up the pressure. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said a special prosecutor should be appointed if investigators find any evidence of wrongdoing by the Trump campaign, adding that Sessions should recuse himself from any investigation into contacts between the campaign and Russia. […] – Politico
Thurs. March 2, 2017
We also now know why Trump has amped up his attack against Pres. Obama and others, who he calls "Haters" and "sore losers." .
"Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking"
Excerpt:
WASHINGTON — In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government. Former American officials say they had two aims: to ensure that such meddling isn’t duplicated in future American or European elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators.
American allies, including the British and the Dutch, had provided information describing meetings in European cities between Russian officials — and others close to Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin — and associates of President-elect Trump, according to three former American officials who requested anonymity in discussing classified intelligence.
At intelligence agencies, there was a push to process as much raw intelligence as possible into analyses, and to keep the reports at a relatively low classification level to ensure as wide a readership as possible across the government — and, in some cases, among European allies. This allowed the upload of as much intelligence as possible to Intellipedia, a secret wiki used by American analysts to share information.
There was also an effort to pass reports and other sensitive materials to Congress. In one instance, the State Department sent a cache of documents marked “secret” to Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland days before the Jan. 20 inauguration. The documents, detailing Russian efforts to intervene in elections worldwide, were sent in response to a request from Mr. Cardin, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and were shared with Republicans on the panel. […] – NYTimes
Thurs. March 2, 2017
NYT Reader:
It is a sad and frightening scenario that an outgoing president has to protect information crucial to our nation's security and integrity from the next president. What does that tell you about Trump and his administration? Our intelligence agencies may be the bulwark in opposition to our democracy being subsumed by the infection which is Putin's Russia. […]
NYT Reader:
I am disappointed the Obama Administration didn't investigate the Russian/Trump election interference much more aggressively before the election. It was clear something really major was going on with the wikileaks only on Hillary Clinton and the Russian people in the Trump campaign. […]
NYTimes Reader:
The truth will come out. It's only a matter of time. If there were "no there there" then the White House would act now to get this matter out of the way. Dragging it out not only looks bad, but brings Congress closer and closer to November 2018. Nothing is going to get done without addressing the there there. And most important of all, if there is there there, swift and dramatic action is needed to secure democracy. […]