{"id":423,"date":"2017-03-13T16:59:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T21:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T21:59:21","slug":"trumps-spin-machine-at-full-throttle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/423","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Spin Machine At Full Throttle…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Trump spin machine (alternative facts) continues in full swing at full throttle.<\/p>\n

CNN<\/strong><\/a> – The White House on Monday walked back a key point of President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegation<\/span><\/u><\/a> that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

Namely, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump wasn’t referring to wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping.<\/div>\n
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“I think there’s no question that the Obama administration, that there were actions about surveillance and other activities that occurred in the 2016 election,” Spicer said. “The President used the word wiretaps in quotes to mean, broadly, surveillance and other activities.”<\/div>\n
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Wiretapping is a narrowly defined surveillance activity that involves tapping into “a telephone or telegram wire in order to get information,” according to Merriam-Webster dictionary.<\/div>\n
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Spicer also said that Trump was referring to the Obama administration broadly — and not accusing Obama of personal involvement — when he tweeted that “Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower” and accused Obama of being a “bad” or “sick guy.”<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Exactly why anyone continues to believe Trump or anyone in his administration is a total mystery. Back when America was sane (and GREAT) Trump would be recognized as nothing more than\u00a0the \u00a0lying POS that he is.<\/div>\n
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As the Trump spin machine (alternative facts) continues in full swing at full throttle. CNN – The White House on Monday walked back a key point of President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election. Namely, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump … Continue reading Trump’s Spin Machine At Full Throttle…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-6P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":320,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/320","url_meta":{"origin":423,"position":0},"title":"Levin Going Bonkers In Support Of Trump’s Conspiracy Theory…","author":"Les","date":"March 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark Levin, another right-wing nut job is making the case that the Obama administration\u00a0was\u00a0involved in wiretapping candidate Trump. Of course the only reference he makes to evidence supporting the allegation\u00a0is to unnamed right-wing sources. Zero hard-core credible evidence was presented, which\u00a0is typical of right-wing conspiracy nut jobs like Levin. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Humor"","block_context":{"text":"Humor","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/humor"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":313,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/313","url_meta":{"origin":423,"position":1},"title":"The President Of The United States Is A Conspiracy Theorist…","author":"Les","date":"March 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Trump is, in essence, a conspiracy theory nut job. He bought into the birther movement of the far right. Now he has made wild accusations that President Obama had his phones wiretapped. This folks is something you would expect from Alex Jones, Stephen Banning, Joseph Farrah, Rush Limbaugh, INFOWARS, Breitbart,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Government"","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":489,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/489","url_meta":{"origin":423,"position":2},"title":"Peter King Says Trump Wiretap A 99.5% Certainty…","author":"Les","date":"March 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Rep. Peter King (R-NY), another Trump surrogate, told Bill O'Reilly on FOX's O'Reilly Factor that it is 99.5% certain, and likely 100% certain, that Trump was surveilled. King did say Trump overstated it when he accused President Obama of ordering wiretapping his phones. 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Most likely\u00a0Trump will pass it off that he was given misinformation, pick a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Government"","block_context":{"text":"Government","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/government"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":466,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/466","url_meta":{"origin":423,"position":4},"title":"The Surreal State Of American Politics & Government In The Era Of Trump…","author":"Les","date":"March 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A lie by any other name or explanation remains a lie.\u00a0Unless you are a Trump surrogate who willingly and without question accepts alternative facts as truth. We know Trump is attempting to build an army of supporters and surrogates who will blindly accept his alternative facts simply because\u00a0HE\u00a0states them. 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