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EricaLubarsky · 05-16-2017, 12:41 PM

The president and his/her people can by definition share whatever they want. If they share it, it becomes declassified. I find the whole discussion to be poorly framed. Generally you don't want to flippantly spill state secrets to the Russians, but there are legitimate reasons why we'd want to share info. A president probably wants to let the CIA and NSA know before it happens and Trump probably should have asked for advice about what should and shouldn't be shared to protect the informants and spies that brought us the info, but the biggest issue isn't that he shared the info.

As I see it there are bigger issues here:

1) The dishonesty from the White house. Honesty is a premium commodity, but when the White house lies about something as minor as this, it makes you wonder. White house comes out and denies that Trump shared the information less than 24 hours before Trump comes out and admits it.

2) The disorganization of the White house. It seems like a total mess. People don't like each other and aren't working together in the biggest office in the land during a time of crisis. A couple of days ago, Trump invited the Russians, spilled secrets, denied US press coverage, but wasn't even aware that the Russian state media was there taking pictures? They find out when the Russian state media posts the pictures from inside the Whitehouse on Twittter? They lie and said it's not true before eventually admitting that the Russians took the pictures and posted them on social media. It makes you wonder how competent they even are.

3) The right-wing media which has continued to parrot White house talking points. A media that parrots government talking points without scrutiny is basically a state media source no different from RT in Russia and cannot be considered an independent media outlet. It's truly embarrassing when the mainstream media reports that the leaks happened. The White house says they didn't. The right wing media repeats the White house talking point -- and then the president confirms that it actually did. Truly embarrassing for the crooked/lazy media who just call Trump and ask what to publish.

05-16-2017, 12:41 PM	#289
EricaLubarsky Inactive. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 42,576	The president and his/her people can by definition share whatever they want. If they share it, it becomes declassified. I find the whole discussion to be poorly framed. Generally you don't want to flippantly spill state secrets to the Russians, but there are legitimate reasons why we'd want to share info. A president probably wants to let the CIA and NSA know before it happens and Trump probably should have asked for advice about what should and shouldn't be shared to protect the informants and spies that brought us the info, but the biggest issue isn't that he shared the info. As I see it there are bigger issues here: 1) The dishonesty from the White house. Honesty is a premium commodity, but when the White house lies about something as minor as this, it makes you wonder. White house comes out and denies that Trump shared the information less than 24 hours before Trump comes out and admits it. 2) The disorganization of the White house. It seems like a total mess. People don't like each other and aren't working together in the biggest office in the land during a time of crisis. A couple of days ago, Trump invited the Russians, spilled secrets, denied US press coverage, but wasn't even aware that the Russian state media was there taking pictures? They find out when the Russian state media posts the pictures from inside the Whitehouse on Twittter? They lie and said it's not true before eventually admitting that the Russians took the pictures and posted them on social media. It makes you wonder how competent they even are. 3) The right-wing media which has continued to parrot White house talking points. A media that parrots government talking points without scrutiny is basically a state media source no different from RT in Russia and cannot be considered an independent media outlet. It's truly embarrassing when the mainstream media reports that the leaks happened. The White house says they didn't. The right wing media repeats the White house talking point -- and then the president confirms that it actually did. Truly embarrassing for the crooked/lazy media who just call Trump and ask what to publish. Last edited by EricaLubarsky; 05-16-2017 at 02:47 PM.