# Trump's being paranoid, blaming Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025 "2017-02-28T13:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/1 "2017-02-28T13:01:21Z")
Apparently, [Obama](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/28/donald-trump-accuses-barack-obama-orchestrating-protests-leaks) is behind all the anti-Trump protests. > [@](#): > > Donald Trump has accused former president Barack Obama and his “people” of organizing the demonstrations that have roiled city streets, airports and town halls during the first weeks of his presidency. > > In an interview with Fox and Friends, which will air on Tuesday morning in the US, he also suggested Obama and his allies were behind the leaks of classified information from the White House to the press. The thought that people might not like him clearly hasn’t entered into his brain. What an idiot. Of course, since the program has yet to air, this might be fake news. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/2 "2017-02-28T13:35:28Z")
Nice bit of misdirection. > [@The Guardian](#): > > Republicans and rightwing media outlets have accused the former president of directing the demonstrations though a group called Organizing for Action (OFA), a progressive group that grew out of Obama’s presidential campaigns. It is chaired by **Jim Messina** , who was Obama’s deputy chief of staff during his first term and his campaign manager during the 2012 election. (my bolding) Is there any doubt the real puppetmaster behind the scenes is Kenny Loggins? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/3 "2017-02-28T14:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > **The Guardian** > It is chaired by Jim Messina… Geez, the dude went from Buffalo Springfield to Poco and all that head-bangin’ metal gave him delusions of power. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/4 "2017-02-28T15:05:57Z")
This is what happens when your mamma don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock and roll. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/5 "2017-02-28T15:15:29Z")
I love the claims that the protesters are making $1500 a week ($78k/yr). Damn, but I’d sign up in a hot minute! Unfortunately for me, that’s all bullshit. Alternately “Gosh, and they were paying the Hoverround Brigade minimum wage!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/6 "2017-02-28T15:16:25Z")
[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-leaks/index.html) is carrying the same story. There is some basis for saying that former Obama administration members have gotten involved in helping to organize the town halls. But nothing at all for this: > [@](#): > > “No, I think that President Obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it. And some of the leaks possibly come from that group, which are really serious because they are very bad in terms of national security. But I also understand that is politics. In terms of him being behind things, that’s politics. And it will probably continue.” Trumpie offered no evidence (natch) in support of his statements, which are as bizarrely worded as most things he utters. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/7 "2017-02-28T15:45:41Z")
Donald Trump gets the secret daily briefings. Maybe he knows something we don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/8 "2017-02-28T15:49:48Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Donald Trump gets the secret daily briefings. Maybe he knows something we don’t. Well, he’s finally figured out something that NOBODY ELSE knows; that fixing healthcare will be complicated. The man’s a genius! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/9 "2017-02-28T16:48:22Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, he’s finally figured out something that NOBODY ELSE knows; that fixing healthcare will be complicated. The man’s a genius! Yep, and everybody hates Obamacare. That’s a fact. The polls say they actually love it, but that’s because they’re about to lose it. Trust me, they actually hate it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/10 "2017-02-28T17:48:59Z")
[QUOTE=my email] Yo, **kayaker** , dude, thanks for the help forwarding the shitgibbon jokes. Chell and the girls are fine, thanks for asking. Let’s do dinner soon, Barry. [/QUOTE] … ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/11 "2017-02-28T18:04:21Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Donald Trump gets the secret daily briefings. Maybe he knows something we don’t. Citation needed. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/12 "2017-02-28T18:24:47Z")
“Obama ate my strawberries!!” ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/13 "2017-02-28T19:01:34Z")
> [@Movies and books that inspired career choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-books-that-inspired-career-choices/781016/13): > > Boy, how disappointed were those people when they realized gunplay, bullwhip training, and learning to fly (but not land) weren’t part of the curriculum? 😃 Not _nearly_ as disappointed as those forensic scientists inspired by NCIS will be… ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/14 "2017-02-28T19:06:36Z")
I heard Alex Jones talking about this in a clip: [http://www.infowars.com/sabotage-obama-is-commanding-an-army-of-30000-anti-trump-activists-from-his-home-2-miles-from-the-white-house/](http://www.infowars.com/sabotage-obama-is-commanding-an-army-of-30000-anti-trump-activists-from-his-home-2-miles-from-the-white-house/) Just so you can see where all this comes from. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/15 "2017-02-28T20:08:23Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I heard Alex Jones talking about this in a clip: > > [http://www.infowars.com/sabotage-obama-is-commanding-an-army-of-30000-anti-trump-activists-from-his-home-2-miles-from-the-white-house/](http://www.infowars.com/sabotage-obama-is-commanding-an-army-of-30000-anti-trump-activists-from-his-home-2-miles-from-the-white-house/) > > Just so you can see where all this comes from. Obama’s also behind the plot to turn Republicans into gay frogs! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/16 "2017-02-28T20:22:10Z")
I was down with that plan until I found out I’d have to kiss a bunch of Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/17 "2017-02-28T20:27:53Z")
Since Emmanuel Goldstein is fictional, I guess Obama was the best they could come up with. Though I’m not sure why they don’t just recycle Hillary hatred; Trump’s fanboys still want to “LOCK HER UP!!” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/18 "2017-02-28T20:31:56Z")
Geez, Trump reminds me of a third wife who keeps on obsessing over the first two wives (Hillary and Obama). ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/19 "2017-02-28T20:34:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Geez, Trump reminds me of a third wife who keeps on obsessing over the first two wives (Hillary and Obama). Now we are onto a topic that he actually does know more about than most people. Third wives. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025/20 "2017-02-28T21:49:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Is there any doubt the real puppetmaster behind the scenes is Kenny Loggins? That’s _K-Log_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-being-paranoid-blaming-obama/781025.md?page=2)