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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: Donald Trump was a conspiracy-theory candidate. Now hes a conspiracy-theory president.
Donald Trump's political career was born amid the fever swamps of the far right. He seized on a favorite conspiracy theory bubbling there that then-President Barack Obama was not, in fact, born in the United States and therefore was an illegitimate president to boost his profile in national politics.
That boost eventually led to his 2016 candidacy. That candidacy led to President Trump. But what never changed is Trump's roots in the conspiracy theory world.
Witness several Trump tweets Saturday morning that suggest he was the target of a wiretapping campaign authorized by Obama during the 2016 race.
There is, as you probably already guessed, no detail about the alleged wiretapping included in any of the Trump tweets. Trump's tweets appear to trace back to an article Friday on Breitbart News headlined Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obamas Silent Coup vs. Trump. That article, based heavily on conservative talk radio host Levin's views, suggest the Obama administration conducted a silent coup to keep Trump from the presidency.
That boost eventually led to his 2016 candidacy. That candidacy led to President Trump. But what never changed is Trump's roots in the conspiracy theory world.
Witness several Trump tweets Saturday morning that suggest he was the target of a wiretapping campaign authorized by Obama during the 2016 race.
There is, as you probably already guessed, no detail about the alleged wiretapping included in any of the Trump tweets. Trump's tweets appear to trace back to an article Friday on Breitbart News headlined Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obamas Silent Coup vs. Trump. That article, based heavily on conservative talk radio host Levin's views, suggest the Obama administration conducted a silent coup to keep Trump from the presidency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/04/donald-trump-was-a-conspiracy-theory-candidate-now-hes-on-the-verge-of-being-a-conspiracy-theory-president/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_fix-conspiracy-949am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.2f7080541d4a
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WaPo: Donald Trump was a conspiracy-theory candidate. Now hes a conspiracy-theory president. (Original Post)
spanone
Mar 2017
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)1. Did anyone really expect him to change once he took office?
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)2. WaPo is on fire. Kicking some serious orange ass. WTG WAPO!!
spanone
(135,833 posts)3. mr trump should have read mark twain....'Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel'
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)5. Exactly! This is what happens when you don't like to read.
Red Mountain
(1,733 posts)4. I think the Russians worked him......
A little conspiracy theory tweeting for some loan forgiveness or great terms on new access to capital........ratcheting up to today's mess.
He's not bright and they've got the goods on him.
Sooner we get this over with the better.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)6. He really is a jerk of the greatest magnitude. Snake oil salesman, birther,
and the latest Alex Jones junk.