GettyJust when you think the bizarre circus surrounding Donald Trump’s already controversial presidency can’t get any weirder, Stephen King steps in.
Following President Trumps’s latest accusations – that Barack Obama had the phones in Trump Tower ‘tapped’ in the run-up to last year’s election – the iconic horror writer has taken to Twitter with a series of his very own conspiracy theories, reports The Independent.
Drawing inspiration from President Trump’s overtly dramatic narrative, King outlined his scenario in which Obama not only installed the wire tap in person but – even worse – had only gone and pinched ice cream from the White House!
Not only did Obama tap Trump's phones, he stole the strawberry ice cream out of the mess locker.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 4, 2017
Obama tapped Trump's phones IN PERSON! Went in wearing a Con Ed coverall. Michelle stood guard while O spliced the lines. SAD!
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 4, 2017
And, most terrifying of all, he’s still hiding out at the White House… with a pair of scissors!
Trump should know OBAMA NEVER LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE! He's in the closet! HE HAS SCISSORS!
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 4, 2017
In truth there’s about as much evidence to back up Mr King’s allegations as there is to back up Mr Trump’s – that is to say, absolutely none.
Mr Trump compared the alleged incident to the 1972 Watergate scandal – in which the Nixon administration was proven to have bugged the offices of their Democratic opponents – and invited a ‘good lawyer’ to make a case against Mr Obama.
Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
The Obama administration has strongly denied the allegations, with spokesman Kevin Lewis releasing a statement saying:
A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice.
As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S citizen.
Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.
I suspect it won’t be the last horror story that comes out of the current political climate…
