WH: Trump didn't know source of intel shared with Russia

[DonViejo]

Source: Axios




Alayna Treene 1 hr ago

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster didn't deny that Trump revealed classified info during his meeting with top Russian officials last week, and said Trump made the decision on the fly. He added that "The president wasn't even aware of where that information came from" as Trump wasn't briefed on the source.

"I stand by my statement yesterday... the premise of that (WaPo) article is false," said McMaster. "Those releasing information to the press" are the real threat to national security.

When did Trump decide to tell them that information? "He made the decision in the context of the conversation, which is wholly appropriate."

Did Trump reveal the city where the tip came from? McMaster seems to concede that he did, but added, "it was nothing that you would not know from open-source reporting."

Did the president share classified information? "We don't share what's classified and what's not classified... but it was wholly appropriate."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/mcmaster-faces-media-on-trump-sharing-with-russia-2410019847.html

[Nitram]

1. Uh, huh.

[Hekate]

2. ....And another man with a sterling career is besmirched by association with Trump....

[Salviati]

4. Sometimes a sterling career is only evidence that the person hasn't had an opportunity to corrode it

[emulatorloo]

24. General H.R. "Kellyanne" McMaster

I really don't understand why he is damaging his reputation this way. He's destroying any credibility he ever had.

[LisaM]

3. I watched some of that presser and I was actually aghast.

I could not believe that someone could get up in front of a room of people and utter what he must know are, at best, bald-faced lies.

[lapfog_1]

5. General McMaster

[forgotmylogin]

6. ISN'T IT HIS JOB TO KNOW THIS STUFF?

Sorry for yelling.

He wasn't briefed, or he wasn't paying attention?

This is why you clear stuff with the people who know better before spilling to anyone.

[HopeAgain]

7. Ahhh, here comes the "real problem is the leakers" defense.

Haven't we seen that before?

[GusBob]

8. According to Erick Ericson, a right wing asshole who knows one of the sources in this fiasco

he claims the source is "releasing the information to the press" because DT wont listen and does not know right from wrong.

They are releasing information in the INTEREST of national security. DT IS THE THREAT

[orangecrush]

23. Thanks

I feel like at least there's hope.

[Botany]

9. "We don't share what's classified and what's not classified... but it was wholly appropriate."

Tell that to the families of the people who got or will be killed because Donny had
to show off for his boss, Vlad Putin.

[secondwind]

26. If this happens, I pray that it will

Be swift and merciful. They are very cruel people. FUCK Donald Fucking Trump

[NewJeffCT]

10. Does he have a choice to say anything else?

telling the truth would mean that McMaster loses his job and/or severely hurts national security

[emulatorloo]

25. Well, he could choose to resign and put his country first.

[murielm99]

11. That does not make any *ucking sense.

[C_U_L8R]

12. Oh okay... then Trump's not treasonous

He's more of a treasonous ignoramus.

[pnwmom]

15. No, all his staffers who don't tell him when info is classified are treasonous. n/t

[Kablooie]

29. Actually it wasn't treasonous.

It was traitorous.

Treason applies exclusively to wartime.

[bighart]

13. Does anyone know if there is a comprehensive

list of all the dumb, dangerous shit this dolt has done and said since taking office anywhere?

I mean FFS we are not even 6 months in at this point and it almost freaking hourly that some new stupid remark or action is happening.

I would love for some at work to have to twist themselves in to a ball of knots trying to justify, defend and explain it all away.

How can a "presidency" survive with this level of scandal and constant turmoil?

[left-of-center2012]

14. "Those releasing information to the press" are the real threat to national security.

Uh huh
Yep
Sure

[riversedge]

16. Blabber-mouth Trump!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. In other words

He's too ignorant for the job

[bresue]

18. ALZHEIMERS'.....HE FORGOT

[KingCharlemagne]

19. McMaster is a Nazi enabler, like van Papen - nt

[Turbineguy]

20. It was wholly appropiate

as an agent for the Russian government, it was Trump's duty to turn over that information.

As for not knowing where it came from..... Putin hired a buffoon.

[Honeycombe8]

21. He's an IDIOT! You do NOT share classified intel w/adversarial foreign countries, dumkopf.

I don't care if you have the right to. You don't know enough to make that decision. ESPECIALLY if you don't know where the intel came from! He's a really stupid guy.

[Flaleftist]

22. "In the context of the conversation"

So they fished it out of the moron?

[Kablooie]

28. Yeah. The conversation was, "What classified intel do you have for us?"

So his response was appropriate.

[Kablooie]

27. He didn't know? So what? He released classified info.

Sure someone might have screwed up because he can't manage the people under him or maybe he refused to listen to details because he has too short an attention span.
Who cares? He released classified info and is likely to do so again.

Ignorance is not a defense of the law.