Trump and Obama, forever linked in history
This week brought another reminder that the political careers of President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama will forever be inextricably linked.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard put Obama squarely at the helm of a 2016 plot to discredit Trump before he took office, putting his successor in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s shadow. Trump, as is his wont, took it a step further.
“Based on what I read, and I read pretty much what you read, it would be President Obama. He started it, and [Joe] Biden was there with him, and [James] Comey was there, and [James] Clapper. The whole group was there,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.
“Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people,” Trump said. “This was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody’s ever even imagined.”
Trump referenced a trove of declassified documents released by Gabbard’s team on July 18.