# Former US president Barack Obama has rejected president Donald Trump’s accusations that he tried to engineer a coup following his 2016 election victory. Trump claimed Obama had sought to undermine his victory over Hillary Clinton by manufacturing evidence of Russian interference. Obama says he normally does not dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of the White House with a response, but these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. He says these bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.
Obama rejects Trump’s allegations of an attempted coup in the 2016 election