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Targeting Obama, and actually targeting Joe Biden – the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Image: AP
What is #Obamagate and what does Donald Trump want to achieve with him?
This is how Donald Trump described “Obamagate” on Mother’s Day on Twitter. It was one of his 126 tweets or retweets on Sunday, many with the hashtag #Obamagate.
As a result, the term was trending on Twitter, also in Switzerland. As of Tuesday morning, more than three million tweets were provided. But what is this all about?
Journalists at the Trump press conference also wanted to know this on Monday. A journalist asked: “On Mother’s Day, you accused Obama of the greatest political crime in the history of the United States. What is the specific crime? »Trump’s response:
The journalist: “What is the crime?” Trump responds:
The strange scene in the video:
OK. Moment. Did we miss something? What crime does Obama want us to see?
What is Obamagate?
If you look closely at Trump’s tweets on Sunday, it quickly becomes clear that the term Obamagate is just about rephrasing old accusations. Specifically, it deals with the matter of Russia. What Trump previously referred to as a “witch hunt” is now called Obamagate.
Among other things, Trump shared a tweet from a conservative talk show host, who says Obama “used his last few weeks in office to attack new officials and sabotage the new government.”
The hashtag is also picked up in the conservative right-wing media in the United States.
“Obama used the FBI, NSA and CIA to spy on the Trump campaign. Obama and the deep state swamp attempted a coup, “says one cartoonist.
Trump has repeated as a mantra in the past three years that he is being treated as badly as no president before him.
Trump also accused Obama of disturbing him and his team during the 2016 election campaign. In line with the Watergate scandal, the suffix “-gate” is probably also used. Solo: the US Secret Service Committee. USA He found no evidence to suggest Trump’s eavesdropping.
Why is that coming now?
Michael Flynn in 2018. Image: AP
The issue of Michael Flynn recently rose again in the US media. This is because the US Department of Justice. USA Drop the charges against Flynn. The ministry filed a request in federal court last week to end the trial. Additional prosecution in the case does not serve the interests of the judiciary.
As part of the legal battle over Flynn, documents were released in late April that, in the opinion of Trump and his conservative allies, suggest that Flynn was duped by the FBI. The handwritten note from an FBI investigator said Flynn had to be told to lie in order to be prosecuted or fired.
Trump later described Michael Flynn as “completely relieved.” He was the victim of the “dirty and filthy cops at the helm” machinations of the FBI federal police.
An audio recording of Obama was leaked to the media on Friday, in which the former president harshly criticized the actions of the Ministry of Justice. Because of such decisions, he is concerned that “our basic understanding of the rule of law is at risk,” Obama said.
What does Trump want to do with it?
You can only speculate. According to The Guardian, critics believe Trump wants to distract himself from his crisis management during the crown pandemic. The death toll has risen to more than 80,000 in recent days, and the unemployment rate in the United States rose to 14.7 percent in April, the highest level since records began after World War II.
Others suspect that Donald Trump’s campaign is aimed primarily at harming direct competitor Joe Biden. Many Americans still perceive Biden as Obama’s cute vice.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade said Monday: “When these elections are held, it does not mean ‘Biden against Trump.’ It will be called ‘Obama against Trump.'”
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