A bombshell report Monday from the Washington Post revealed Donald Trump divulged highly classified information last week during a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.
In that closed-door Oval Office meeting, Trump reportedly bragged that he “gets great intel” before relating information obtained through an intelligence-sharing arrangement with a U.S. partner that officials say endangers an intelligence stream pertaining to the Islamic State.
“It is all kind of shocking,” said a former U.S. official told the Post. “Trump seems to be very reckless and doesn’t grasp the gravity of the things he’s dealing with, especially when it comes to intelligence and national security.”
Given the president’s well-documented disdain for people who share classified information, the Internet on Monday nailed Trump’s hypocrisy:
Next time somebody says revealing unconstitutional mass surveillance to the press crossed a line, show them this: https://t.co/Ofr0WRVuso— Edward Snowden (@Edward Snowden) 1494883571.0
The fact that Trump hasn't tweeted about aliens yet is pretty much rock-solid proof that they didn't recover anything in Roswell— PoliMath (@PoliMath) 1494883872.0
"It's all kind of shocking." Except that pretty much every one of Trump's opponents warned about exactly this.… https://t.co/kpdRpBDO2V— Eli Stokols (@Eli Stokols) 1494883689.0
True or not, WaPo story reminds that much of what prez does is unchecked/behind closed doors.I have zero faith Trump will act appropriately.— Philip Klein (@Philip Klein) 1494884270.0
Ahem... https://t.co/Lp3llv9EaG— Senator Bob Casey (@Senator Bob Casey) 1494883894.0
This breaks the “what if Obama did it” meter.— Philip Bump (@Philip Bump) 1494883308.0
@justinsink Is there tape?— Domenico Montanaro (@Domenico Montanaro) 1494884935.0
John McCain probably revealed less to the KGB in 5+ years of torture at the Hanoi Hilton than Trump did in 5 minute… https://t.co/0OFMkwGBQI— David Kochel (@David Kochel) 1494883334.0
The Russians can't hack our secrets if we just tell them our secrets https://t.co/jSgGN1KQ0S— Matt O'Brien (@Matt O'Brien) 1494885272.0
Washington Post is protecting classified information that the president is too addled and dumb to keep secret. https://t.co/FM3mnPAOEM— Jon Lovett (@Jon Lovett) 1494885096.0
🚨@Reince @IvankaTrump @seanspicer Trump giving classified intel to Russians just broke record set by "Grab 'em by t… https://t.co/TXmCwgnq5M— Rob Delaney (@Rob Delaney) 1494884843.0
Is it dumber to reveal classified information to Russian officials or to think that exercise doesn't work?— Cody Johnston (@Cody Johnston) 1494884796.0
If Hillary Clinton leaked classified info to a Russian spook/diplomat, Republicans would rightly be drafting Articles of Impeachment N-O-W.— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@Ana Navarro-Cárdenas) 1494884608.0
