Article snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump cut short a television interview that was aired on Monday after being asked about his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama had spied on him, reviving an incendiary charge even as his re-election campaign released its first advertisement taking aim at “fake news.” In the interview, which was timed to place a capstone on his first 100 days, Mr. Trump resurfaced allegations made in a bombshell Twitter post from early March that Mr. Obama had tapped his phones in Trump Tower, saying that while the former president had been “very nice to me,” the two have had “difficulties.” “You saw what happened with surveillance,” Mr. Trump said, declining to elaborate. Asked by John Dickerson, the host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” “What does that mean, sir?” Mr. Trump said: “You can figure that out yourself.” When Mr. Dickerson asked whether Mr. Trump stood by his characterization of Mr. Obama as “sick and bad,” the president appeared to become agitated and said, “You can take it any way you want.” “I have my own opinions,” Mr. Trump continued, as Mr. Dickerson tried in vain to ask him for an explanation. “You can have your own opinions.” The president then ended the interview, saying, “O.K., it’s enough.” The testy exchange, which was filmed on Saturday, was at odds with the image of competence and message discipline that White House officials have labored to show over the past week, as they have tried to demonstrate progress around Mr. Tr... Link to the full article to read more
Trump Abruptly Ends CBS Interview After Wiretap Question - The New York Times
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