--- title: Trevor Noah on Donald Trump Wiretap Claim, Twitter VIDEO description: Trevor Noah accused President Donald Trump of using his recent wiretap allegations against Barack Obama to distract America. canonical: https://time.com/4693498/trevor-noah-donald-trump-wiretap-claim-twitter/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-07T19:35:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:41.312Z og:title: Trevor Noah Calls Trump a 'Proven Troll' Over Wiretap Claim og:description: "How can you be a conspiracy theorist when you’re the president?" og:url: https://time.com/4693498/trevor-noah-donald-trump-wiretap-claim-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd7c4074ac83ebc0/6988bd5486f68e667f6e3bf8/trevor-noah-trump-wiretap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trevor Noah Calls Trump a 'Proven Troll' Over Wiretap Claim twitter:description: "How can you be a conspiracy theorist when you’re the president?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd7c4074ac83ebc0/6988bd5486f68e667f6e3bf8/trevor-noah-trump-wiretap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trevor Noah on Donald Trump's Wiretap Claim: 'He’s a Proven Troll'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2017 7:35 PM UTC  Host Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Let's Not Get Crazy” speaks from the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Host Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Let's Not Get Crazy” speaks from the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Comedy Central  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2017 7:35 PM UTC Following [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4693224/trump-inauguration-size-official-photos/) recent allegations that [Barack Obama](http://time.com/4691226/barack-obama-president-donald-trump-wiretap/) [wiretapped](http://time.com/4691279/white-house-trump-obama-wire-tap/) Trump Tower during the 2016 election, Trevor Noah has alleged that POTUS is using the[ unsubstantiated claim](http://time.com/4691286/james-clapper-donald-trump-barack-obama-wire-tap/) to distract America. During Monday’s episode of _The Daily Show_, the host gave his take on how Trump’s tweets were an attempt to divert attention away from the controversy surrounding [Attorney General Jeff Sessions’](http://time.com/4688982/jeff-sessions-russia-contact-campaign/) communication with Russia. “You know, Donald Trump is the only person who thinks the best way to distract from a scandal is to start an even bigger scandal,” he joked. “He’s like, ‘This Jeff Sessions thing is getting too hot, people. I’m gonna pull out my d— and let’s see if that helps.'” Noah also had some more fun at the president’s expense. “This whole story is such B.S. First of all, no one needs to spy on Donald Trump. You can just follow him on Twitter,” he said. “And secondly, he’s a proven troll. We’re not going to waste our lives trying to disprove ‘Obama Birth Certificate, Part 2.’ And definitely not before the president offers a shred of evidence.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4693498/trevor-noah-donald-trump-wiretap-claim-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4693498/trevor-noah-donald-trump-wiretap-claim-twitter/"},"headline":"Trevor Noah on Donald Trump's Wiretap Claim: 'He’s a Proven Troll'","datePublished":"2017-03-07T19:35:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:41.312Z","description":"\"How can you be a conspiracy theorist when you’re the president?\"","url":"https://time.com/4693498/trevor-noah-donald-trump-wiretap-claim-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","The Daily Show","TV","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","trevor noah","The Daily Show with Trevor Noah"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd7c4074ac83ebc0/6988bd5486f68e667f6e3bf8/trevor-noah-trump-wiretap.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/bltdd7c4074ac83ebc0/6988bd5486f68e667f6e3bf8/trevor-noah-trump-wiretap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comedy Central's \"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah\"","caption":"Host Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents The 2016 Democratic National Convention; Let's Not Get Crazy” speaks from the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Comedy Central","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/4693498/trevor-noah-donald-trump-wiretap-claim-twitter/","name":"Trevor Noah on Donald Trump's Wiretap Claim: 'He’s a Proven Troll'"}}]}] ```