While it’s not entirely clear what’s going on, John Oliver calls Trump’s recent scandal “Stupid Watergate.” It has all the intrigue of Watergate, but everyone is really bad at everything.
Trump called on Congress to get to the bottom of President Obama’s efforts to “tapp” Trump’s phones “during our very sacred election process.” Trump also instructed Congress to drop the investigation into Russian connections to his administration, because they clearly are a waste of taxpayer money. You see? Problem solved!
Trump got the information on Obama’s wiretapping from a Breitbart article, by Sam Levin…Oliver points out that Son of Sam had a better media diet, and he got his news from the black lab next door.
Trump is not without his defenders. The Huckabee girl – possibly next in line to face the fire when Sean Spicer gets sent to a farm where he can run and play, explained why the Obama investigation should be pursued. Oliver sums it up nicely: “She THINKS he saw information that led him to BELIEVE that this is a very real POTENTIAL.”
John observes that we all knew the week would end this way. Paul Ryan maintained the same smug, stony face throughout the speech – or that’s what I thought. Here’s Ryan struggling to keep a straight face while Trump is saying the words “leave triviality behind us.” The GOP’s new motto: Don’t laugh, he’s the President.