His recent gaffs are tweets saying that President Obama tapped his Trump Tower phone. He, of course, is twisting and turning trying to deflect the news media researching his association with Vladimir Putin. He also points out how many times President Obama met with Putin, something that is beside the point. James R. Clapper, who was Director of National Intelligence up to January 20, 2017, says he should know if Trump's phone was being bugged and he is unaware of it. This may be the most authoritative statement among many others including a statement by the Obama Administration. The more this goes on, the more it looks like there is something fishy about President Trump's love for Putin.
President Trump may have opened another venue with his claim indicating the Trump got bugged because the FBI was following another lead that led to Trump!
So many of Trump's associates have met with the Russian ambassador or other Russians that it is weird. It seems like meeting with a Russian is a requirement. And it starts with a claim that they did not meet with any Russians, well maybe to shake hands at the Republican convention that the Russian ambassador attended.
It is hard to believe that this ends well.
That said, I would not want to see President Trump to resign as long as he is defending Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid. President Trump has vowed 14 times not to cut Social Security and Medicare, including several times not to cut Medicaid. (March 15, 2013; April 18, 2015; May 7, 2015 twice; June 16, 2015)* One Republican governor, John Kasich of Ohio, is also defending Medicaid.** If Trump was to resign, his replacement would be Mike Pence, the Vice-President, who has vowed to cut all of them.***
Note added March 6, 2017: Now it is reported that the Director of the FBI, James Comey, also refutes Trump's claim that Obama tapped his phone in the Trump Tower (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/06/fbi-director-comey-asked-justice-department-to-reject-trumps-wiretap-claims.html).
Note added March 6, 2017: Now it is reported that the Director of the FBI, James Comey, also refutes Trump's claim that Obama tapped his phone in the Trump Tower (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/06/fbi-director-comey-asked-justice-department-to-reject-trumps-wiretap-claims.html).
* https://medium.com/senator-bernie-sanders/14-times-donald-trump-promised-not-to-cut-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid-99beefa9f584#.bpc2flxl7
** http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/25/politics/governors-medicaid/
*** http://www.ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/entryid/2221/mike-pence-s-long-history-attacking-social-security-medicare
inpeach trump and paul ryan they have lost their minds if they think they can cut what the people get we need to cut their pay checks and their health care needs to be cut you see they get a rise when they want it we the people pay for it i say we stop their pay check and put them out on the street
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