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The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House.

Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening – initially made by an analyst on Fox News - that GCHQ was used by Mr Obama to spy on Trump Tower in the lead-up to last November's election.

Intelligence sources told The Telegraph that both Mr Spicer and General McMaster, the US National Security Adviser, have apologised over the claims. "The apology came direct from them," a source said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/

The White House has promised allegations that GCHQ spied on Donald Trump will "not be repeated", according to the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-17/...hat-gchq-spied-on-trump-will-not-be-repeated/

WEAK.

Mod edit:
https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/842808722200182785

Spicer says there was no apology to UK officials, says all he did was read public media reports: "I don't think we regret anything."

 

[Ushojax]

Grovelling to a tiny little country like the UK? Sad!

 

[Arc]

What a clown show.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Wow... 😲

The first and only apology from Trump's administration, I'm guessing. Also, there's no way it came from Trump himself. Also, I'm sure it included something to the effect of "sorry, he and Spicer are such dumbasses, don't listen to them".

Also, the next step is Trump lashing out at whoever made the apology.

EDIT: oh, I see... Spicer was one of the people who apologized himself. Well, all of the above is still probably true.

 

[Antiwhippy]

This is the hill they want to die on?

 

[Regulus Tera]

They apologise to Britain for this but not to Mexico for calling us rapists and bad hombres

 

[Lkr]

Apologizing? This is America!!! Get these weak cucks out of there

 

[Count Dookkake]

Cucks.

 

[rjc571]

I never thought I would be so ashamed to be an American. We are an embarrassment to all of humanity.

 

[HazySaiyan]

How long until Trump says something completely contradictory on Twitter?

 

[Monocle]

Sad!

 

[Gattsu25]

Doesn't matter. The entire point was to fuel the next few decades worth of conspiracy theories against Obama.

 

[Nobility]

The level of disrespect to America's closest allies is absolutely shameful.

Spicer better be reamed by DoD and State officials.

 

[jerry113]

I can't tell if they're manufacturing controversy on purpose as part of some greater distraction or if they're just bad at this.

 

[DerangedHermit]

Another win!

 

[SuperBanana]

It's like throwing out extremely serious accusations against other nations has some sort of consequence. Weird.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

What's​ a fucking embarrassment of an administration.....

Time moves quickly.

Before we know it, it will be 2018 and all Trump will have done is continue to try to fuck Muslims, still be pussy footing around healthcare, still doing victory rallies and still wasting time tweeting about snoop dog, CNN and Obama.

Meanwhile, the economically anxious will be wondering if anyone remembers if they exist. It's almost as if a man who has profited the most out of almost anybody else on earth from capitalism, fraud, lies and just being into a super elite family might not be the voice of the everyday working man and woman.

I might be wrong though. Let's give him a chance.

 

[HazySaiyan]

I can't tell if they're manufacturing controversy on purpose as part of some greater distraction or if they're just bad at this.

Why not both?

 

[SliceSabre]

How long until Trump says something completely contradictory on Twitter?

"The Queen, lovely lady btw, herself got on her knees and apologized to ME for her people hacking Trump Tower. Telegraph is FAKE NEWS!"

 

[CadetMahoney]

UK spy agency help Obama spy on Trump?

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Alright Melissa.

 

[Permanently A]

I don't think I've gotten over the fact that Donald really just sees things on TV and takes it verbatim

 

[CHC]

Only cucks apologize.

 

[PJV3]

I'm really upset that GCHQ were accused of spying on that dangerous loon.

 

[Nibel]

America is such a weak country smh.

 

[TyrantII]

So, they're just making lies up on the fly.

Truly a cabal of idiots. FFS.

 

[jvm]

Make America Grovel Again!

 

[Ushojax]

I can't tell if they're manufacturing controversy on purpose as part of some greater distraction or if they're just bad at this.

All this stuff stems from Donald Trump having the mental age of a 5 year old and an ego the size of Godzilla. He cannot take criticism, cannot admit to mistakes, cannot think critically. Anything negative about him is fake in his eyes, and if people like Spicer don't tow the line then they will be fired and replaced with someone else.

 

[whytemyke]

CUCKED!

god these people are stupid

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Spicer was just previewing the plot from her upcoming movie Spy 2.

 

[tbm24]

It's nice to see Spicer of all people admit he spouts unsubstantiated bullshit after going on his tirade yesterday of the press not knowing anything and can't possibly know it, despite using Fox News to try and justify Trump's blatant lies.

 

[Veidt]

They apologise to Britain for this but not to Mexico for calling us rapists and bad hombres

Same reason; apologies are only for white people.

I mean, he hasnt even apologised to Obama, for anything.

 

[oti]

Winning.

 

[WedgeX]

The level of disrespect to America's closest allies is absolutely shameful.

Spicer better be reamed by DoD and State officials.

Has Trump's administration disrespected just about every democracy?

 

[Kusagari]

I can't tell if they're manufacturing controversy on purpose as part of some greater distraction or if they're just bad at this.

It has to be at least somewhat intentional. The way, like clockwork, Trump craps out something stupid, even for him, after a particularly damaging story is too crazy to be a coincidence.

 

[danowat]

The mind boggles why you'd say something like that in the first place.

Idiots.

 

[RedSparrows]

Wow, US, are you exhausted from all that winning, yet?

 

[Ushojax]

It has to be at least somewhat intentional. The way, like clockwork, Trump craps out something stupid, even for him, after a particularly damaging story is too crazy to be a coincidence.

No doubt puppetmaster Bannon is happy to let Trump's ego run wild and spread chaos throughout the world, but the POTUS himself has no control over it. He's just doing what comes naturally, the crazy gibberish is what got him elected (and also made him a joke for the 20 years before he won).

 

[SuperEpicMan]

UK spy agency help Obama spy on Trump?

 

[Yankee Ruin X]

I'm surprised that Spicer didn't just say when he said "GSHQ" it was in airquotes so he actually meant something else completely.

 

[sazzy]

poor spicey

 

[NYR]

Make America Great Britain Again!

 

[Xando]

How does any country take anything this administration says serious, 2 months in office and already a laughing stock all over the world

 

[Morat]

That's brilliant. Although I reckon May eats live mice rather than fish.

 

[Uzzy]

Bend the knee to the Queen. We'll put the Treaty of Paris in air quotes and we can all forget about this whole 'independence' thing.

 

[Shadybiz]

Idiots. McMaster seems like a decent enough guy; I'm pretty sure he's embarrassed to be grouped in with this bunch of clowns (he has no choice but to serve since he's still on active duty). Spicer, however, is a tool and should be mocked.

 

[BeforeU]

embarrassing, yet entire GOP party will bend over to this man

 

[HazySaiyan]

Has Trump's administration disrespected just about every democracy?

Well on paper Russia is a democracy so... ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[MarionCB]

Don't they also owe an apology to Obama?

Anyway, it goes to show how low the Presidency has sunk under Trump. Blatant, outright, bare-faced lies are day-to-day normal for the White House now. It's so depressing. You have to be an allied sovereign state to get an apology from them for their lies.

 

[cashman]

So much winning