Trump now blames Obama for protests, security leaks

Washington DC, Tuesday

US President Donald Trump has said he believes Barack Obama is behind a wave of protests against Republican lawmakers, and national security leaks.

He told Fox News: “I think President Obama’s behind it because his people are certainly behind it”, but added: “I also think it’s just politics”. Trump offered no evidence for his claims and his predecessor in the White House has not commented.

Trump also spoke about his budget plans and other issues. In his wide-ranging interview with Fox News’ programme Fox and Friends, he said he gave himself a “C” on getting his message out but an “A” for achievement and “A+” for effort.

He added that he plans to boost defence spending by $54 billion (Sh5.4 trillion) would be paid for by a “revved up economy”. Trump also said he would be a “hypocrite” if he attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in light of “fake news”.

The interview was broadcast hours before he is due to give his first address to a joint session of Congress in which he is expected to set out in greater detail his plans to cut spending and boost the economy.

He was asked about the protests faced by some Republican politicians at town hall meetings across the country and not, as our earlier story said, protests about his travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries.

He said he was certain Obama loyalists were behind both those protests and White House leaks. “In terms of him being behind things, that’s politics. And it will probably continue,” he added. — BBC

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