Trump, Amid Ongoing Wiretap Claims, Says Obama Was ‘Very Nice’ To Him

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday that President Barack Obama, who he previously called a “bad (or sick) guy,” has “been very nice” to him.

“He’s been very nice to me personally, but his people haven’t been nice,” Trump told Fox News’ Jesse Watters. “While he’s nice personally, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of nice things happening behind the scenes, and that’s unfortunate.”

Earlier in March, when Trump accused Obama of “wire tapping” his phones at Trump Tower before the 2016 election, he called his predecessor a “bad (or sick) guy.”

“This is McCarthyism!” Trump tweeted. “How low has President Obama gone.”

Trump has offered no evidence for his claims, though he referenced news reports that used the word “wiretap,” a term he used, in an interview on Wednesday. He then deflected responsibility for the content of those reports.

Obama was less than impressed with Trump’s “wire tapping” allegations, according to several reports. According to one report by NBC News, he “rolled his eyes” at Trump’s claims.

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  1. Slow news morning, I guess.

  2. Of course Obama was “nice.” That’s the kind of guy he is. But Trump’s underlying personality deficits to need people to be “nice” to him is sickening.

  3. “How nice it was of him to never once question the legitimacy of my birth certificate to curry favor with repugnant racists.”

  4. Avatar for danf danf says:

    If Trump was a farm animal, he would’ve been put out of his misery by now. Ivanka - get your dad some help.

  5. And Trump has been very, very mean to President Obama.

    Trump is a sick person.

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