These days, most phones don't even have wires!
And if we're talking about office phones, many are now VOIP, so their TCP/IP packets are sniffed instead of tapped.
So, President Trump probably should have said he was packet-sniffed instead of wire-tapped. :-)
-PJ
PJ2, as you point out, tapped and bugged have for all practical purpose the same meaning in a world that has more than 7 billion cell phones, with the United States having more cell phones than people. Much like people continuing to use “dial” when such devices are rarer than hen’s teeth.
Without ceding greater intelligence to our security services and their legal Beagles, it might be fair to assume that they are aware of now decades old technology and act accordingly.
Let’s start a thread on how much bandwidth pin dancing angels require for their celestial musical accompaniment. ;>)