Trump floated hiring private investigator to substantiate his claim Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

[kpete]

Trump floated hiring a private investigator to substantiate his claim that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower

Link to tweet

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/trump-wiretap-claim-obama.html?referer=https://t.co/GOAZRjvmpZ

[spanone]

1. he claimed the same bullshit on his racist birther crusade

Idiot-in-Chief

[Cha]

33. Malicious Idiotic Liar

Link to tweet

[C_U_L8R]

2. Crrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Trump's is off his rocker, cookoo-bananas

PS. aren't his private detectives still milking their expense accounts in Waikiki?
How's that birth certificate thing working out for ya?

[BSdetect]

3. Did his detectives ever return from Hawaii?

[GP6971]

6. Nah...they're still digging for information

probably on the Big Island at some resort at 45s expense listed on his tax returns.

[dalton99a]

4. McIver & Barron will work on the case.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. What an idiot.

Does he seriously think a private investigator could get any information at all from any of the intelligence agencies? Does he think some fucking Rockford or Magnum could somehow worm his way into the FBI's files? Too much television, for sure.

[dalton99a]

7. Private investigators have "information and intelligence that the rest of us do not"

like Kellyanne said

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. ROFL!

[wordpix]

20. no, seriesly?

[Brother Buzz]

12. No way could a PI do anything?

To Hell with ethics, billable hours, baby!

[KittyWampus]

32. are you really a Guy Noir?

[annabanana]

45. lol.. n/t

[Thor_MN]

14. Dang it!! Now I have the Rocjford Files theme running through my head..

As these things go, it could be worse, I guess..

[neeksgeek]

27. I'm a big fan of Rockford.

This storyline would be outside the bounds of that show, but it would make for fun television.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

[gordianot]

8. It is not an act, there is no strategy, he is not deflecting the news...

There is no master plan. He makes this up almost on the spot. His only goal is to line his pockets.

[SammyWinstonJack]

46. And make life miserable for as many as he can, apparently. Oh and get revenge for those who oppose

his horrendous agenda. Lining his pockets with taxpayer money is the priority, ruining the country and lives is just a bonus.

[Luciferous]

11. ...

[myrna minx]

24. I sense a future Psyche reunion movie!

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

13. Maybe he can hire Dog the Bounty Hunter

[Hekate]

15. Insanity -- the Mad King of Mar-A-Loco needs to go back to the Golden Tower.

[PoorMonger]

16. I Love PI Novels As Much As Anyone

But this is hilarious stuff that you really can't make up. Once again, Trump could pick up his phone (but MAYBE ITS TAPPED) and call his boy Comey for confirmation : he is the pres with all the power of the government behind him. Even in his paranoia he should understand this. Yet like a true bullshit salesman in over his head Donny fears nothing as much as he fears The Truth.

[wordpix]

17. IOW, Trump wants to pull a Cheney, make up evidence

to support his dirty stupid stunts he's already said or done. I'm sure Bannon said, Do It, great idea! Blow this town up and tear down the administrative order!

[Gothmog]

18. Trump is truly a very stupid and arrogant person

A private investigator would be worthless

[Kber]

19. Man's nuts! Keep away from sharp objects

And nuclear codes

[6000eliot]

21. "Episode""psychotic break."

[wordpix]

22. He can't read, he's bankrupt 6x almost 7 if it weren't for

Russians needing $ laundering. Give the "successful flimflam, er, businessman" a break.

DT Barnum Circus rolls on. Impeachment NOW!!!!

[notdarkyet]

42. Now. No point in trying to fix a situation that can't be fixed . It's making a mockery of

Our democracy. And the only remedy is new elections because the whole election is tainted from foreign malicious interference to a degree that cannot be repaired in bits and pieces. All newly elected members would have to rerun. Any passed legislation will be null and void having been subject to corruption.

[Leith]

23. orange boy Wants to Hire a Private Investigator to Dig Stuff Up From

the FBI and National Intelligence Agencies?

Just when you think that things can't possibly get more bizarre, things go and get more bizarre.

[wordpix]

25. he just wants to look good to his base

"I hired an independent investigator, the best most terrific you can get. And the crooked FBI and DHS and CIA are still giving us fake news that Obama wasn't wiretapping..."

[Eyeball_Kid]

52. A private investigator would resort to... READING RIGHT WING BLOGS for

bombshell breaking news.
...
Yeah. I know.

[truebluegreen]

26. Doesn't he have a government agency or 6

that could look into this for him?

[Cracklin Charlie]

28. I'll bet he could get John Barron, P.I. to corroborate his wiretap claim.

[TheBlackAdder]

29. I guess he couldn't find a Russian oligarch to bankroll it.

[Solly Mack]

30. That man needs to go.

Sooner the better.

[Zambero]

31. The clandestine snipe hunt of the millenium

A quest for a target even more elusive than Dubya's Iraqi WMD's!

[Cha]

34. An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth

Link to tweet

[ProudLib72]

35. We know it was Arapio nt

[Shaddox]

36. "And make sure the PI has a monkey sidekick! Or a talking car!" N/t

[FSogol]

48. LOL, Welcome to DU. n/t

[ProudLib72]

37. Here's the better question

Why doesn't Bannon say something to shut him up? It was Breitbart that made up the story. Bannon could just tRump that Breitbart makes up nonsense. Surely Bannon doesn't want tRump to go down in flames because that would cost him his cushy job, too.

[jazzcat23]

38. But wait...

aren't we still waiting for those "amazing things" his minions found out in Hawaii? How many years has that been now anyway? Well, the more he investigates, the more we find out about Russia and HIM....

[NBachers]

39. This is a job for Uday and Qusay!

"Hey man, I really like your work."

[ALBliberal]

40. Had it with this idiot going off on Twitter

And after...he has his Trumpgrets and has to figure out in his feebleminded way how to "prove" his knee jerk tweets. WHAT AN ASSHOLE!!!!

[DefenseLawyer]

41. I won't play the sap for you!

You killed Miles and you're going over for it!

[annabanana]

44. Maybe he doesn't KNOW that he's president?

Hire some outsider to investigate? I'm sure Eric Prince has some suggestions

[enid602]

47. Joe Arpaio

I would think that Joe Arpaio would be available for such investigative work. He's tan, rested and ready! And 84!

[Orsino]

49. A twelve-year-old's idea of how government might work.

Trump always thinks small.

[DesertRat]

50. This idiot has the nuclear codes!!

[malaise]

51. This fucker knows nothing about anything

Please proceed Groper - bring your PI to investigate President Obama - I fucking dare you.

[Kahuna7]

53. Because he believes all the nonsense he reads and hears from wingnut sources. nt