Trump’s first month and some as President have been very eventful, more so than most other Presidents. He had an executive order struck down as unconstitutional by the courts, he has had numerous leaks tying his administration and campaign aides to Russia, one official step down and another facing controversy for lying under oath, and just now recently accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump’s campaign while providing zero evidence of it ever happening.

So far, many would characterize Trump’s first month in office as fairly chaotic and with no clear direction, and this is largely true and reflects his approval ratings which sit at the lowest of any newly elected president since Gallup polling has begun. Gallup, one of the most respected polling organizations next to Pew and Reuters, has Donald Trump’s approval rating at a dismal 44%. Reportedly, Trump is extremely flustered and frustrated in the current state of affairs in his administration, and this is further echoed by the Washington Post who interviewed 17 Trump officials on what is going on in the Trump administration right now:

Trump, meanwhile, has been feeling besieged, believing that his presidency is being tormented in ways known and unknown by a group of Obama-aligned critics, federal bureaucrats and intelligence figures — not to mention the media, which he has called “the enemy of the American people.”

That angst over what many in the White House call the “deep state” is fomenting daily, fueled by rumors and tidbits picked up by Trump allies within the intelligence community and by unconfirmed allegations that have been made by right-wing commentators. The “deep state” is a phrase popular on the right for describing entrenched networks hostile to Trump.

And this leads us to where we are now, with Trump accusing Barack Obama of wiretapping his campaign during the election through a series of four tweets. So far, Trump has refused to offer any evidence of the wiretap happening, and according to some of the White House officials interviewed by the Washington Post, he was ‘pleased’ Sunday morning that his wiretapping accusation was the dominant news story.

As USA Today outlined, the White House has offered up two statements on the wiretapping accusation, and neither of them have any factual basis:

 

• In a brief statement, press secretary Sean Spicer urged a congressional investigation into news “reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations.” But Trump didn’t say it possibly happened; he claimed it actually did.

• Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told ABC News that Trump wasn’t the “one that came up with this idea,” citing “multiple news outlets that have reported this.” The White House provided us with five stories, but none of them support Trump’s claim about Obama.

 

Trump is clearly hoping that the wiretapping accusations against Barack will both temporarily take over the headlines to deflect from the growing Russia scandal throughout his administration, and start a second wind among his current supporters who have begun to waver as his chaotic first month comes to a close.

Whether this desperate attempt to improve his approval ratings will actually work is yet to be seen, but as the story unravels it seems American’s have not been impressed with the baseless accusations being thrown against their former president. This is not very surprising, as Barack left office with a 59% approval rating, and Trump’s wiretapping claims do nothing except further alienate former Obama supporters from his camp. All I can is that when this drama is all played out, most likely Trump is going to be in a worst position than what he started in.