45 is up and tweeting about his sharing of classified information.

[femmedem]

Link to tweet

As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining....

Edited to add his next tweet:

Link to tweet

to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.

[Achilleaze]

1. "Neener, neener, neener." - republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

republican Comrade Casino and his republican Kabal of Kolluding Komrades are swimming in a foul cesspool of lies and deception. In their perpetual panicky fear state, they are flailing to drag all of America into the lies, disrespect, meanness, anti-truth and dark confusion that is their reality.

Weak-souled rulers, like the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief and his KGOP minions, put on a ferociously aggressive pose for the world, in a deranged attempt to cover up the fear that lives and breaths in their hearts. Soul sickness. Sad. There is a better way, called honesty and truth. Takes courage. But it's worth it.

[VigilantG]

2. Wtf nonsense is he spewing now? Incoherent, lying traitor!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. WTF?

[Chemisse]

4. So much for the official denial. n/t

[yardwork]

10. I know, right?!

Last night the Trumpers were out in force squawking "fake news fake news" but this sort of undermines their message.

[uponit7771]

13. Few humans in their right minds would work for Red Don cause he'll throw them under the bus quick!!!

[Dopers_Greed]

45. Haaaaaaaaa!

+1000 for "Red Don"

[Soxfan58]

5. He may have the right

That does not make it right!

[riversedge]

27. That is what the Media and Congress need to focus on.

[femmedem]

6. I'm having a blast reading the comments while I wait for him to finish his next tweet.

3.4 K replies so far, and they're hilariously brutal.

[JHB]

7. So he WANTS to reveal our most sensitive intel?

He meant to do that?

Somebody. call Paul Reubens! Kremlin Don's tweets MUST be recited in Pee Wee Herman's voice.

[oberliner]

8. Humanitarian reasons?

Wow.

[femmedem]

9. Next tweet: spoiler, it was for humanitarian reasons.

to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.

Link to tweet

I've also edited the OP to include the second tweet.

[uponit7771]

11. So McMaster lied too ?!??!? WTF ?!

[Chemisse]

12. A carefully worded denial of something which had not been accused.

For all we know, he was one of the leakers.

[metalbot]

18. McMaster was pretty specific in his statement

"The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation," McMaster said. "At no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known."


I'd be interested to understand if McMaster was actually present for the meeting, or if he was told this. The latter is more interesting if it turns out that McMaster's statement is false.

[riversedge]

31. McMaster said no sourses or methods were told by Trump (did not address actual intel)

[Madam45for2923]

14. How about sharing SKorea's Intel with NKorea next?

[crazylikafox]

17. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[Docreed2003]

15. We're being trolled by this guy now...unfuckinbelievable

[Vinca]

16. And I bet he thinks the Russians were laughing because they're buddies.

[PA Democrat]

19. That photo makes much more sense now, doesn't it?

The Russians are looking at each other thinking, "Do you believe this idiot?"

[SunSeeker]

20. WTF. He is unrepentant. No source will ever talk to us again.

[Wawannabe]

21. Too articulate

Not "Red Don" on the keyboard!

[VOX]

22. He did it out of pure altruism & his abiding love for humanity.

[dalton99a]

30. Exactly.

[onecent]

23. Can't we find some way to get rid of Drumpf??????

He is incoherent.....dementia bound......

[workinclasszero]

24. IMPEACH TRUMP!! LOCK HIM UP!!!!!

[Demonaut]

25. ten minutes to tweet the second part of one continuous sentence?

[riversedge]

26. So the big news is that Trump *doesn't* deny the WaPo reportinstead,

It is established that a Pres. can declassify intel as he wishes. but should he is the question



Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 1h1 hour ago

So the big news is that Trump *doesn't* deny the WaPo report—instead, tries to defend his actions (and in the process contradict McMaster).

Link to tweet

[mgardener]

28. Did the Russian press get the info too?

1. Was reporter/ photographer in the room when the info was given?
2. Was the conversation taped? By the Russians and or Trump?
3. Why was American press refused admittance to this meeting? Was more shared with Russia then what we are being told?
These things need to be known. ASAP.

[HipChick]

29. A staffer wrote these tweets...Trump can't spell or understand half the words

[OldRedneck]

32. This talk about Russia "helping in the fight against terrorism" . . .

. . . is a bullshit pipe dream.

In Russian terms, "terrorists" and "terrorism" is anyone the Russians perceive as a threat. In Syria, for example, the "terrorists" are those who oppose Assad and his murderous regime.

Trump and his advisors are too damn stupid to understand this. Yes, there are areas in which our goals parallel those of Russia. This is not one of them.

[C_U_L8R]

33. Elect an orange

And you get bananas.

[Jim__]

34. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[DetlefK]

35. This was clearly dictated by a handler.

Trump doesn't use elitist fancy-pants words like "pertaining".

Also, as another commenter pointed out: The 10-minute gap in the middle of a sentence.

[femmedem]

42. I imagine a lot of yelling in that ten-minute gap. n/t

[WinkyDink]

36. WAY too coherent to have been written by Trump.

[Corgigal]

37. Does he want to assist Russia

For humanitarian reason, about flight safety? Does he understand anything about aviation? Does he know how many airliners they have shot out of the sky? I also believe they have the worst accident rate in the world.

Not to mention screwing over our allies. When the next terrorist attack come, and it's coming, any country who will have the inside track won't tell us. He making everyone less safe, and you don't need to be on a airline.

[kairos12]

38. Basically he's saying Je suis un roi.

After more than two hundred years free of it, we have a new King. Or that's what he believes.

[Moostache]

39. It all makes sense now....we just couldn't see it before...

The hats! Those damn red stupid hats!

We failed to look close enough at them. What is hidden in them, is the rejoinder "after I break it..."

Make America Great Again...after I break it...

[SCVDem]

40. Always with the self justification

I'm sure the Rosenbergs felt the same way before they were executed as traitors!

Damn Republican traitors are right up there with Illinois Nazis!

[Honeycombe8]

41. I wonder if we can do a Trump Cam, to catch him waking up, like Animal Planet does a Puppy Cam?

Then we can watch him walking around in circles, rolling around, taking a phone call, drinking water, tweeting. All the cute things the a CAM shows.

[Kablooie]

43. The Fox news article about this...

Sagely notes that nowhere in his tweets does Trump say he shared sensitive information with the Russians.

Whew.

[Feathery Scout]

44. Ryan and Repubs will get him to resign.

[Sunlei]

46. The Republicans coward tweets on personal account. When will Congress get rid of this maniac?