Trump has been accused of disclosing national security secrets so many times that I've put together The Top 10 Instances In Which Donald Trump Allegedly Shared Sensitive Information For Reasons Unknown. (1/11)
#10. In May 2017, Trump said a bit too much about nuclear submarines during a chat with then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (2/11) buzzfeednews.com/article/nancyy…
#9. In July 2019, Trump had a sensitive conversation with Ambassador Gordon Sondland, while Sondland was in a Ukrainian restaurant. A former senior director of the White House Situation Room said soon after, "The security ramifications are insane." (3/11) msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…
#8. "Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this," Trump was recorded saying, adding, "Isn't that incredible?" ... It's so cool." (4/11) msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/…
#7. In February 2017, Trump discussed sensitive details about North Korea's ballistic missile tests with the prime minister of Japan at a Mar-a-Lago dining area, in view of wealthy civilians/customers. (5/11) washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
#6. In early October 2019, Trump publicly discussed American nuclear weapons in Turkey, something U.S. officials have long avoided disclosing and/or confirming. (6/11)
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#5. In August 2019, Trump published a tweet about a failed Iranian rocket launch, which included a sensitive surveillance photo. (7/11) nytimes.com/2019/08/30/wor…
#4. In October 2019, Trump needlessly blurted out all kinds of "highly classified or tactically sensitive" tactical and operational details about the al-Baghdadi mission in Syria. (8/11) nbcnews.com/news/world/off…
#3. In 2020, Trump disclosed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program to Bob Woodward, to the surprise of national security insiders. (9/11) washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
#2. In 2021, Trump allegedly shared classified information about American nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire. The disclosures, the New York Times reported, "potentially endangered the U.S. nuclear fleet." (10/11) nytimes.com/2023/10/05/us/…
#1. Just four months into Trump's presidency, he revealed highly classified information to Russian officials — visiting the Oval Office at Putin's request — for reasons that have never been explained. (11/11) msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…
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