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Did Trump Libel Obama (over the wiretapping tweets)?
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Did Trump Libel Obama (over the wiretapping tweets)?
Who cares? Does anyone really imagine Obama would sue the President over something like this, and in the process focus attention on the subject Trump has raised? That's about the last thing he wants to do.
Is the stupid **** about Trump and Russia libel too?
The Russia scandal has had a slow drip of evidence over months, alongside reports from over a dozen intelligence agencies. Multiple people from the Trump campaign have had to resign or recuse themselves for contacts with Russia. It's absolutely not proven yet, but to claim it's the same as Trump pulling a conspiracy theory out of his ass with exactly zero evidence of any kind, even circumstantial, is silly.
The question was not would Obama sue Trump - the question was do Trump's actions constitute libel?
And if you are saying that people should not care if the sitting POTUS legally commits libel against a former POTUS - than I would say that is an extremely odd position to take.
If you are going to just blow it off if Trump commits libel against a former POTUS, than I assume you will blow it off if he starts making defamatory comments about ordinary citizens as well.
You are one sad Trumpbot is that is your position, imo.
Thinking it is not libel is one thing...I can understand that. But not even caring if the current President (no matter who they are) is committing libel or not is pretty ridiculous to me.
Clearly, you are too far down the Trumpbot in Wonderland rabbit hole to be taken seriously on these matters any longer.
So noted.
We are done here.
Good day.
Once again, I have zero political loyalty to any political party or movement.
There is no evidence that connects Trump to the Russian government. The rest of the stuff on other people has been entirely nonsense. For example, there is no evidence whatsoever that Sessions committed perjury or any evidence that Flynn did anything illegal. If Trump is guilty of libel than so is the democrats with their retarded Russian attack.
I have seldom taken seriously anything you posted here, on any matter. You are free not to respond to my posts, but you do not determine when I am done commenting. Before acting as if you understood this subject, you might have read New York Times v. Sullivan, a landmark 1964 Supreme Court decision on the interplay between laws against defamatory speech and the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech. I don't think anything Mr. Trump said even comes close to being libel, and it could not possibly be libel if it proves to be true, because truth is a complete defense to defamation.
If the Marxist liar who disgraced the White House for the past eight years, being the constitutional scholar that he is, believes he has a libel case against the President of the U.S., let him bring it. I don't give a damn what legal actions B. Hussein Obama may take. But I don't think he is so foolish as to call even more attention to the Nixon-like dirty tricks he may well have played to damage Mr. Trump and important people associated with him. I can only hope he will do just that--the truth will out.
You're right, it isn't proven that Trump had any connection, but there is a lot of evidence that people from his campaign did have a connection with Russians and an investigation would find out what that connection is. The biggest difference between the two cases is that we know for a fact Russia hacked the DNC during the election, there is no evidence that Trump was even wiretapped. So on one hand we know for certain a crime occurred but don't know if Trump had any involvement, and on the other hand we have zilch, nada, nothing.
Do you have evidence that Trump was wiretapped? If so, I'd say that an investigation would be warranted. We can't start talking about guilt of a crime until its even proven there was a crime. Until then, it's a night and day comparison. This isn't the first time Trump has made something up out of the blue for political gain, and it won't be the last.
Did Trump Libel Obama (over the wiretapping tweets)?
The question was not would Obama sue Trump - the question was do Trump's actions constitute libel?
And if you are saying that people should not care if the sitting POTUS legally commits libel against a former POTUS - than I would say that is an extremely odd position to take.
If you are going to just blow it off if Trump commits libel against a former POTUS, than I assume you will blow it off if he starts making defamatory comments about ordinary citizens as well.
You are one sad Trumpbot is that is your position, imo.
Thinking it is not libel is one thing...I can understand that. But not even caring if the current President (no matter who they are) is committing libel or not is pretty ridiculous to me.
Clearly, you are too far down the Trumpbot in Wonderland rabbit hole to be taken seriously on these matters any longer.
So noted.
We are done here.
Good day.
Once again, I have zero political loyalty to any political party or movement.
It was an obvious lie from a habitual liar who is known for his conspiracy theories. Trump has a long history of defaming Obama to rile up his base. This is a distraction because he knows his supporters are so poorly educated that they'll accept anything he tweets, no questions asked, no evidence required. This is what happens when you let a country's education system crumble into disrepair. SAD.
I have to laugh at this sanctimonious post, DA!! Who are you kidding with your supposed nonpartisan purity when you LIKE the following post?
Btw, Matchlight is absolutely correct.
The question was not would Obama sue Trump - the question was do Trump's actions constitute libel?
And if you are saying that people should not care if the sitting POTUS legally commits libel against a former POTUS - than I would say that is an extremely odd position to take.
If you are going to just blow it off if Trump commits libel against a former POTUS, than I assume you will blow it off if he starts making defamatory comments about ordinary citizens as well.
You are one sad Trumpbot is that is your position, imo.
Thinking it is not libel is one thing...I can understand that. But not even caring if the current President (no matter who they are) is committing libel or not is pretty ridiculous to me.
Clearly, you are too far down the Trumpbot in Wonderland rabbit hole to be taken seriously on these matters any longer.
So noted.
We are done here.
Good day.
Once again, I have zero political loyalty to any political party or movement.
It was an obvious lie from a habitual liar who is known for his conspiracy theories. Trump has a long history of defaming Obama to rile up his base. This is a distraction because he knows his supporters are so poorly educated that they'll accept anything he tweets, no questions asked, no evidence required. This is what happens when you let a country's education system crumble into disrepair. SAD.
I noticed you did not address Trump's honesty.
I have to laugh at this sanctimonious post, DA!! Who are you kidding with your supposed nonpartisan purity when you LIKE the following post?
Btw, Matchlight is absolutely correct.
It didn't address cantaloupes either.
It didn't address cantaloupes either.
Is there even such a thing as 'libel' or 'slander' in politics? Or anywhere for that matter?
This world has devolved into a mass of libelous, slanderous chaos.
So what are you saying? Am I wrong? Is Trump actually not a habitual liar who creates conspiracy theories out of thin air without a single shred of evidence to support it? Are you aware of any proof that the wiretapping even happened in the first place?
Recognizing that Trump is a compulsive liar is bipartisan, and the only explanation for pretending he's not is that you're incredibly partisan. Why don't you try calling it like it is instead of playing these bs games?
I don't play bs games. Your post about the POTUS was partisan and small-minded like those of so many Trump opponents. I do not recognize that Trump is a compulsive liar. I DO recognize his opponents are quick to play gotcha games. As to the accuracy of his latest belief, time will tell. But if you are just rejecting it out of hand, when, from another source, it seems apparent that a warrant WAS issued? Who's the partisan now?
Was Trump lying when he claims Obama wiretapped him or not?
Do you know the definition of a lie? A lie is intentional. A lie is not a mistaken belief.
Because I understand the English language a bit better than you, it would seem, even if it turns out it is NOT true, I do not think he was lying.
LOL. After 18 months of watching him spew objective lie after lie, you're not even willing to admit he's a liar? I guess you're still a birther then right? Calling Trump a liar is a bipartisan issue, because he's a liar. If you gobble up every word he tweets as the infallible word of god then you're the poorly educated supporter I was referring to. So where is Obama really from, Maggie?