--- description: President Donald Trump suddenly ended an interview with CBS after John Dickerson pressed him on his claims that Obama wiretapped him title: President Trump Suddenly Ends Interview When Asked About Obama Wiretap Claim image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9615fd17541db681/6988cb7a86f68e1cc46e4823/donald-trump-cbs-interview-face-the-nation-obama-wiretap-claims.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # President Trump Suddenly Ends Interview When Asked About Obama Wiretapping Claim  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 1, 2017 11:34 PM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an interview in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 1, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an interview in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 1, 2017.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 1, 2017 11:34 PM CUT President Donald Trump abruptly ended [an interview with CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-oval-office-interview-cbs-this-morning-full-transcript/ "undefined") after John Dickerson pressed him on his claims that former President Obama wiretapped him. Trump gave the interview Saturday to mark his first 100 days in office, and CBS ran the it on Monday. Trump brought up his [widely-refuted](http://time.com/4691286/james-clapper-donald-trump-barack-obama-wire-tap/ "undefined") [March claims that Obama wiretapped him](http://fortune.com/2017/03/04/president-trump-obama-wiretapping-trump-tower/ "undefined") when Dickerson asked if [Obama](http://time.com/4691226/barack-obama-president-donald-trump-wiretap/ "undefined") gave him any helpful advice, according to the [CBS footage and transcript](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-oval-office-interview-cbs-this-morning-full-transcript/ "undefined"). “Well, he was very nice to me,” Trump replied. “But after that, we’ve had some difficulties. So it doesn’t matter. You know, words are less important to me than deeds. And you — you saw what happened with surveillance. And everybody saw what happened with surveillance.” When Dickerson pressed him on what he meant, Trump told him, “You can figure that out yourself.” Trump appeared reluctant to continue discussing the surveillance allegations he had resurfaced moments before. Dickerson pressed on about [the wiretapping claims](http://time.com/4704515/donald-trump-wiretap-sean-spicer/ "undefined"), asking Trump if he stood by them. “I don’t stand by anything,” Trump replied. “I just — you can take it the way you want. I think our side’s been proven very strongly. And everybody’s talking about it. And frankly it should be discussed. I think that is a very big surveillance of our citizens. I think it’s a very big topic. And it’s a topic that should be number one. And we should find out what the hell is going on.” After a few more exchanges, Trump ended the interview by saying “Okay, it’s enough.” He then sat down at his desk and looked at the lone paper on top of it while the camera continued to film. \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-oval-office-interview-cbs-this-morning-full-transcript/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/"},"headline":"President Trump Suddenly Ends Interview When Asked About Obama Wiretapping Claim","datePublished":"2017-05-01T23:34:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:41:42.056Z","description":"\"I think our side's been proven very strongly\"","url":"https://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","politics","video","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9615fd17541db681/6988cb7a86f68e1cc46e4823/donald-trump-cbs-interview-face-the-nation-obama-wiretap-claims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9615fd17541db681/6988cb7a86f68e1cc46e4823/donald-trump-cbs-interview-face-the-nation-obama-wiretap-claims.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump cbs interview face the nation obama wiretap claims","caption":"donald trump cbs interview face the nation obama wiretap claims","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg 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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/","name":"President Trump Suddenly Ends Interview When Asked About Obama Wiretapping Claim"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"FBI Director Says There's 'No Evidence' Obama Wiretapped President Trump","description":"The Department of Justice and the FBI have \"no evidence\" to support President Trump's unfounded and widely-dismissed claim that Barack Obama wiretapped him, FBI Director James Comey said Monday.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SlHcuyph/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-20T15:51:55.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SlHcuyph.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/","duration":"PT1M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4762517/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-interview-cbs/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```