Today's Trump Twitter Rant: Treasonous FBI & 'Why Didn't Anyone Warn Me About Michael Flynn?'

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Wrapping up a busy week on Twitter, Donald Trump used his Friday morning rant to again pretend that the FBI "broke the law" by investigating possible collusion between his presidential campaign and Russian operatives.

Clearly watching Fox News, he quoted a Fox New poll (ha!): "New Fox Poll: 58% of people say that the FBI broke the law in investigating Donald J. Trump."

New Fox Poll: 58% of people say that the FBI broke the law in investigating Donald J. Trump. @foxandfriends

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019

My Campaign for President was conclusively spied on. Nothing like this has ever happened in American Politics. A really bad situation. TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019

And then, for good measure, tried to pretend that he was never warned about Michael Flynn.

From NBC News in May 2017:

Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News.

The warning, which has not been previously reported, came less than 48 hours after the November election when the two sat down for a 90-minute conversation in the Oval Office.

A senior Trump administration official acknowledged Monday that Obama raised the issue of Flynn, saying the former president made clear he was "not a fan of Michael Flynn."

According to all three former officials, Obama warned Trump against hiring Flynn. The Obama administration fired Flynn in 2014 from his position as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, largely because of mismanagement and temperament issues.

It now seems the General Flynn was under investigation long before was common knowledge. It would have been impossible for me to know this but, if that was the case, and with me being one of two people who would become president, why was I not told so that I could make a change?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2019

Did he forget that Obama told him to his friggin face not to hire Flynn or are we all going to pretend like this didn’t happen? It happened. https://t.co/NMNtVI60ZF

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) May 17, 2019

Donald Trump’s day so far:

- Goes fucking nuts after learning about Michael Flynn
- Claims his political adversaries committed “treason”
- Vows to put them all in prison
- Nice fantasy, bro
- Trump is going to prison for the rest of his miserable life
- It’s still only noon

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) May 17, 2019

Never forget, Trump fired Flynn for lying 2 weeks after Trump fired Sally Yates for telling the truth.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) May 17, 2019

Sally Yates- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

Barack Obama- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

James Comey- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

The cashier at Target- Flynn is trouble. Don’t hire him.

Donald Trump- WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT FLYNN?!?!

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 17, 2019

Donald Trump Covers The New York Daily News: "Open Treason"

Donald Trump once bragged he could shoot someone dead in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose a single supporter.

Trump Calls Democrats Treasonous For Not Applauding For Him

Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Ohio yesterday, Donald Trump called Democrats “treasonous” for not applauding when he listed his achievements to Congress during his State of the Union address last Tuesday.

"Can we call that treason? Why not?" Trump said during a speech about the GOP tax. "They certainly didn't seem to love our country very much."

Here's the video:

Well, treason is a very serious word to casually throw around. There's a reason no one has been convicted of the crime in the U.S. since World War II.

So, you can understand why some folks got a bit upset about the comment, including Democratic lawmakers like Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Rep. Tim Walz who spent years and years serving their country in the military. That's something, by the way, that Trump never did.

Treasonous: adj., 1. pertaining to the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family
2 : the betrayal of a trust

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 6, 2018

The US Constitution has a definition of treason as well:

“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.” https://t.co/QbCoJXGnzi

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 6, 2018

"The President of the United States calling the other party treasonous? That is literally the definition of what it means to be a third-world country" - @BillKristol on Trump's remark toward some Democrats https://t.co/zh26JrA6Nu pic.twitter.com/B5mftXlG6t

— CNN (@CNN) February 5, 2018

You don't have to always agree with those on the other side of the aisle, but all members of congress love their country, and none are treasonous. https://t.co/NStC7DXqni

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) February 5, 2018

We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy. I swore an oath—in the military and in the Senate—to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not to mindlessly cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs and clap when he demands I clap https://t.co/99gW1yalDl

— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) February 6, 2018

Thankfully, there are better quotes from better Republican Presidents. Here’s one from Theodore Roosevelt—a Republican who earned the applause he received—that Trump might want to consider pic.twitter.com/WAhvB23zGJ

— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) February 6, 2018

I didn’t serve 24 years in the uniform of this country to be called treasonous for simply disagreeing with your disastrous policies, Mr. President.

— Rep. Tim Walz (@RepTimWalz) February 5, 2018

According to Donald Trump’s new standard for treason, @SpeakerRyan might wanna get a lawyer.

Sorry Paul, we don’t make the rules, your piece of shit cult leader @realDonaldTrump does 🤷🏼‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/OcUaZVb5QM

— UnsilentMajority 🌹 (@The_UnSilent_) February 6, 2018