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US under Trump Series: Trump defends right to share information with Russia

Every day new allegations continue to surface in the anti-Trump media which continue to allege President’s collusion with Russia during the election campaign and tries every possible way to entrench that allegation with new accusations based on anonymous sources. The latest allegation comes from the Washington Post which accuses President Trump of passing sensitive intelligence to the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov about ISIS. The newspaper went further to say that President Trump compromised national security by disclosing that information and he did it against the approval of the source which is reportedly Israel. The report suggests that the trust of the ally was breached.

After the report surfaced, the White House National security advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster denied the allegations made by Washington Post and said: “what the president discussed with the foreign minister was wholly appropriate to that conversation and is consistent with the routine sharing of information between the president and any leaders with whom he’s engaged.” Other White House officials including White House spokesperson Sean Spicer denied all the allegations and defended President’s rights to share information as he deems fit.

President Trump came out on Twitter defending his right to share information: “I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining . . . to terrorism and airline flight safety ... plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism,”

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