--- title: Stephen King Trolls Donald Trump With Wiretap Horror Story description: Stephen King mocked President Trump's claims that Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 election with a new horror story. canonical: https://time.com/4691760/stephen-king-trump-wiretap-horror-story/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-06T16:18:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:37.623Z og:title: Stephen King Trolls Trump's Wiretap Claims With Horror Story og:description: You'll never guess the big twist og:url: https://time.com/4691760/stephen-king-trump-wiretap-horror-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b009b1fa0b95cf/6988bd11cf40a82facc46b63/stephen-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Good Morning America" - 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen King Trolls Trump's Wiretap Claims With Horror Story twitter:description: You'll never guess the big twist twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b009b1fa0b95cf/6988bd11cf40a82facc46b63/stephen-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen King Trolls Donald Trump's Wiretap Claim With Hair-Raising Horror Story  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 6, 2017 4:18 PM UTC  Author of contemporary horror, Stephen King is a guest on GOOD MORNING AMERICA, 11/2/15. Author of contemporary horror, Stephen King is a guest on GOOD MORNING AMERICA, 11/2/15.Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 6, 2017 4:18 PM UTC After [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4691679/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretap-whitehouse/) took to Twitter Saturday to [accuse Barack Obama](http://time.com/4691226/barack-obama-president-donald-trump-wiretap/) of [wiretapping](http://time.com/4691279/white-house-trump-obama-wire-tap/) Trump Tower during the 2016 election, [Stephen King](http://time.com/3987082/stephen-king-donald-trump/) trolled POTUS by sharing his latest horror story. In a series of three tweets, the author penned a short thriller mocking the allegations, seeming to ridicule the fact that Trump provided [no evidence backing up his claims](http://time.com/4691286/james-clapper-donald-trump-barack-obama-wire-tap/). “Not only did Obama tap Trump’s phones, he stole the strawberry ice cream out of the mess locker,” King wrote. “Obama tapped Trump’s phones IN PERSON! Went in wearing a Con Ed coverall. Michelle stood guard while O spliced the lines. SAD!” > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/838079372934463491) > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/838081028929519617) But it was the twist ending that really took the cake: “Trump should know OBAMA NEVER LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE! He’s in the closet! HE HAS SCISSORS!” > [](https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/838111226211233793) Scary stuff. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4691760/stephen-king-trump-wiretap-horror-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4691760/stephen-king-trump-wiretap-horror-story/"},"headline":"Stephen King Trolls Donald Trump's Wiretap Claim With Hair-Raising Horror Story","datePublished":"2017-03-06T16:18:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:37.623Z","description":"You'll never guess the big twist","url":"https://time.com/4691760/stephen-king-trump-wiretap-horror-story/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Internet","celebrities","twitter","Authors","Stephen King","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b009b1fa0b95cf/6988bd11cf40a82facc46b63/stephen-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38b009b1fa0b95cf/6988bd11cf40a82facc46b63/stephen-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Good Morning America\" - 2015","caption":"Author of contemporary horror, Stephen King is a guest on GOOD MORNING AMERICA, 11/2/15.","creditText":"Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4691760/stephen-king-trump-wiretap-horror-story/","name":"Stephen King Trolls Donald Trump's Wiretap Claim With Hair-Raising Horror Story"}}]}] ```