Donald Trump has accused former president Barack Obama
of being responsible for the demonstrations that have been
going on across the country since the start of his presidency.
He made this accusation during an interview with Fox which
will air on Tuesday morning. Though he had no evidence with
which to defend his claims, Trump went further to suggest
that Obama and his people were also behind the leaks of
classified information from the White House to the press.
In a portion of the interview which was released on Monday
night, Trump was asked by a Fox interviewer if he believed
Obama was involved in the recent protests and he answered
with conviction;
"You never know what's exactly happening behind the
scenes. You know, you're probably right or possibly
right, but you never know. 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."
Republicans and rightwing media outlets have accused
Obama of directing the demonstrations through a progressive
group called Organizing for Action, OFA, which grew out of
Obama's presidential campaigns. They also believe that
Obama might be responsible because last month he had
spoken out against Trump's travel ban.
