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US under Trump Series: United States shaken by Trump’s wiretapping allegations

President Donald Trump shook the United States with a series of tweets over the weekend, to be specific on early Saturday where he accused President Obama’s administration of wiretapping his phones in the Trump Tower and he urged the congressional intelligence committee to further investigate the matter. The tweets read like these,

“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” Then it followed, “Is it legal for a sitting President to be "wire tapping" a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!” and he continued further, “I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!” The final one came out as, “How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

He then moved away from the topic on Twitter but followed up with one last attack on Obama with regard to Russia by tweeting, “Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, "Tell Vladimir that after the election I'll have more flexibility?"”

The above remarks were made by President Obama during his meeting with former Russian President Dimitry Medved. The four tweets cited above has shaken the United States badly, a country which remains divided over the election of President Trump. A spokesperson for former President Obama denied all the allegations, while the Democrats accused the President of trying to divert from the Russian issue. Democrats and anti-Trump supporters continue to accuse the President of colluding with Russia during his election campaign to gain an advantage over the presidential rival Hillary Clinton. The Trump administration has however provided no evidence of President’s claims but the intelligence committee at the Senate has said that they would hold a thorough investigation over the matter.

While Trump supporters continue to have faith in their elected President, the anti-Trump campaign has laughed off the accusation. Some people in both of the camps fear that a civil war might break out in America. Hundreds of Trump supporters held a rally on March 4th in support of their President and there were reports of violence breaking out wherever the Trump and anti-trump rallies collided.

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