Former intel chair: Putin must be thrilled with Trump's senseless tweets about Obama tapping phones

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



TOM BOGGIONI
05 MAR 2017 AT 13:40 ET

The former head of the House Intelligence Committee admitted on CNN Sunday morning that he is baffled over why President Donald Trump would accuse President Barack Obama of tapping his phones looking for proof of Russian contacts, saying Trump was keeping his Russia problems in the headlines for another week.

Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union with host Jake Tapper, an exasperated Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Trump just fed the “conspiracy parking meter.”

“He just put another quarter in the conspiracy parking meter. They have extended this story for a week, two weeks. This makes no sense to me whatsoever,” Rogers told the CNN panel.

“If he had that belief and if he believed that there was some inappropriate behavior on behalf of the Justice Department doing this, then there are internal investigative mechanisms he should have used and called for,” Rogers explained. “Making this a big public fight like this I just think is wrong.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/former-intel-chair-putin-must-be-thrilled-with-trumps-senseless-tweets-about-obama-tapping-phones/

[dalton99a]

1. Putin knew his lapdog was a sick fuck when he bought it.

[Initech]

2. Trump's phones were tapped, no question. Just not by Obama.

I'm sure it was Putin, and I'm sure he's got dirt on Trump we don't know about yet.

[duncang]

8. That would be funny

If Putin was keeping up on his lap dog by tapping his phones.

[RussBLib]

3. considering how deep into projection #45 is

this probably means that #45 & his lapdogs have been tapping phones themselves, or trying to

[gordianot]

5. While angering the agencies who can do the job.

Why would amateurs think they are better than the professionals?

[gordianot]

4. The part Russia enjoys the most is the consternation causes the US Intellegence Community.

They did it right under our noses and now a shadowy entity is left to clean up the mess. This will be very costly for the United States to clean up a bloodless coup. What all of this proves we do have enemies and they can do us damage.

Now there is bound to be revenge.

[McCamy Taylor]

6. Trump's "base" will eat up the wiretap story because they hate the law.

To them "wiretap" is the first step toward being sent to jail for running a dog fight, selling meth, stat raping the step daughter , burning crosses and all the other things that the self styled "outlaws" who worship at the altar of Trump get up to.

To Trump's "Outlaw" base, a wiretap is not "fair." The only fair fight is one in which the guy with the bigger gun wins. I told you guys months ago, accusing Trump of breaking the law will never separate him from his base. The more he breaks the law and seems to get away with it the more they love him.

[TNNurse]

7. Trump has no idea how this country

and our government work. It is really hard to believe anyone this clueless has the job.