By Mary Jones | Friday, December 05, 2025 | 5 min read

President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric once again, this time directing an extraordinary accusation at former President Barack Obama. Trump declared that it was “time to pursue” Obama, claiming—without providing evidence—that his predecessor had been caught “cold” in what he labeled an act of “treason.” Whether Trump genuinely believes this sweeping allegation or is simply trying to divert public attention from his own spiraling controversies, including renewed scrutiny over his longtime association with Jeffrey Epstein, remains an open question.

Trump’s comments came after he was pressed—yet again—on his past ties to Epstein. Rather than engage with the question, he pivoted sharply and launched into a series of attacks on Obama. Trump repeatedly invoked a recently publicized report from his Director of National Intelligence, asserting that the findings tied Obama to what he continues to insist was a “treasonous conspiracy” to manufacture the so-called Russia “hoax.” In Trump’s telling, the Steele dossier—an intelligence compilation examining multiple connections between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian actors—was nothing but fiction, “all lies” created to undermine him.

These claims, however, stand in contrast with the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, whose extensive investigation concluded in 2019. While Mueller did state that his team did not find a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, the report also documented clear evidence that Russia intervened in the election to help Trump and that Trump’s campaign welcomed assistance from Russian-linked individuals. Mueller also did not exonerate Trump on obstruction of justice.

Still, Trump used the moment to argue that he himself had been wronged and that retaliation was overdue. Seated beside Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Trump said, “After what they did to me, whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people.” His phrasing—casual, almost offhand—belied the gravity of a sitting president calling for the prosecution of another.

This push to target former Democratic officials comes on the heels of Trump sharing an AI-generated video over the weekend depicting Obama being arrested and thrown into jail. Trump did not disavow the imagery; instead, he used it as a springboard to argue that his political opponents deserved similar treatment in real life.

Trump himself, was entangled in serious legal challenges, including his federal indictment in Washington, D.C., stemming from his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and his role in the events of January 6. Yet despite his legal exposure, Trump continues to insist that he is the true victim of a political conspiracy. He revived his long-running claim that Democrats attempted a “coup” in 2016 to prevent him from winning the presidency—even though he won that election and took office.

“They tried to rig the election and they got caught,” Trump said, again without evidence, “and there should be really severe consequences.”

For years, Trump has argued that the FBI’s 2016 counterintelligence investigation—which began after concerns about Russian interference—was part of a broader effort to sabotage his campaign and, later, his presidency. Subsequent reports, including one commissioned during his own administration, did criticize aspects of the FBI’s handling of the inquiry but did not support Trump’s claims of a coordinated attempt to overthrow him.

Trump also dragged other familiar targets back into his orbit of accusation, including President Joe Biden. He again repeated the false claim that he—Trump—was the rightful winner of the 2020 election, despite losing the popular vote by more than seven million and the Electoral College by a clear margin. The irony of his insistence becomes especially sharp when considering that, if Trump truly believed he had already won, it raises unanswered questions about why he pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” a specific number of votes or why allies of his campaign attempted to submit forged slates of electors.

In the end, Trump’s latest outburst seemed less like a substantive claim and more like a political performance—a mix of grievance, deflection, and calculated escalation. Whether aimed at distracting from uncomfortable questions, rallying his base, or simply venting personal frustration, his call to prosecute a former President Obama pushes the boundaries of presidential rhetoric further into territory once considered unthinkable in American politics.

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