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Twitter Gets Into Trump Conspiracy Spirit With #IfIWereWiretapped

Lots of silence, too much TV, too many conversations with pets.
Bald man with headphones listening in dark on black background.
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Bald man with headphones listening in dark on black background.
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President Donald Trump’s claims that Barack Obama had his phones in Trump Tower wiretapped β€” without presenting any evidence or rationale β€” at least got the Twitterverse thinking: β€œWhat would a someone who bugged my home find out about me?”

Lots of tweets referred to some embarrassing stuff.

Then there were the testaments to dull and lonely lives.

And the vague, slightly more worrisome, tweets.

Finally, the inevitable Trump zingers: