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Trump and the non-existent wiretaps: Much ado about nothing

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Well, folks, the train wreck that is the Trump presidency keeps getting loopier with each passing day.  By now you've probably gotten word that the 45th President of the U.S. is now claiming that former President Barack Obama had his office wiretapped during the 2016 election. Yep, that's right. Mr. "Most Unpopular President" says that his predecessor took his cues from disgraced ex-President Richard Nixon and bugged the phones in Mr. Trump's suite at the Trump Tower in Manhattan to, as conservative radio host Mark Levin claims, "surveille members of his campaign."  In a Twitter tweet posted on Saturday, the President said, "How low has President Obama gone to tapp (sic) my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!" These are serious allegations, especially since (a) the FBI, CIA, NSA, or any of the federal intelligence agencies can't wiretap anyone without a court order a