After previously accusing Obama of placing a wiretap in Trump Tower, President Trump reportedly gave orders to search the White House as well as his other many residences for wiretaps and other clandestine surveillance devices planted there by his predecessor.

However Russian President Vladimir Putin has since gotten involved, telling Trump that he is certain it’s a complete waste of time and the best thing to do would be to ‘stop digging around’ and focus on his tweeting.

The intervention by Putin on behalf of Obama’s good name is considered surprising, given their frosty relationship when he was in the White House.

Putin finally convinced Trump with a story of how he once became obsessed with finding a missing DVD from his personal movie collection called ‘Pissy Tales’, until he decided it wasn’t worth the hassle and re-watched Downtown Abbey instead.