Reality check.
Months into his presidency, Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials in an
Oval Office meeting, forcing the CIA to extract a key
Moscow source developed over years.
…on two occasions, Trump revealed classified information on his
Twitter feed (in 2017, he made a
Twitter post revealing a CIA program in
Syria, and in August 2019, he posted a
classified satellite photo of a site in Iran that revealed U.S.
satellite surveillance capabilities).
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… Intelligence officials were astonished by Trump's public release of a surveillance photo with exceptionally high resolution, revealing highly classified U.S. surveillance capabilities.
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In an April 29, 2017, phone call, Trump told
Philippines President
Rodrigo Duterte that the U.S. had positioned two
nuclear submarines off the coast of
North Korea. This was during a time when Trump was warning of a possible "major, major conflict" with North Korea.
[80] The locations of nuclear submarines are a closely guarded secret, even from the
Navy command itself: "As a matter of national security, only the captains and crew of the submarines know for sure where they're located."
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On May 24, 2017, Britain strongly objected to the United States leaking to the press information about the
Manchester Arena bombing, including the identity of the attacker and a picture of the bomb, before it had been publicly disclosed, jeopardizing the investigation.
[82] British Prime Minister
Theresa May issued a public rebuke, and British police temporarily stopped passing information to U.S. counterparts.
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In July 2017, after a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the
2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Trump took the unusual step of confiscating and keeping his interpreter's notes. This led U.S. intelligence officials to express concern that Trump "may have improperly discussed classified intelligence with Russia."
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On Christmas 2018, Trump and First Lady
Melania Trump flew to
Al Asad Airbase where Trump posted video to Twitter of several members of
Seal Team Five in their camouflage and night-vision goggles,
revealing the team's location and un-blurred faces.[84][85]
Donald Trump showed a member of his political team a classified map after he was president, saying he knew he wasn't supposed to, prosecutors say.
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(but but Biden)