White House investigates leaks of Trump calls to Australia, Mexico
Source: Reuters
Fri Feb 3, 2017 | 6:32pm EST
White House investigates leaks of Trump calls to Australia, Mexico
The White House is looking into how embarrassing details of President Donald Trump's recent tense phone conversations with his counterparts in Australia and Mexico were leaked to news organizations, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Fox News Channel.
"The president takes these leaks very seriously," Spicer said in an interview with Fox News Channel, which on Friday provided a transcript of a segment set to air on Saturday.
Trump cut short a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after an acrimonious discussion about a refugee swap deal, a conversation that threatened ties between the two allies after details appeared in The Washington Post.
In an earlier call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about paying for a wall on the southern U.S. border, Trump said he might send the U.S. military to Mexico to stop drug cartels - details from a transcript obtained by a Mexican news organization Aristegui Noticias and the Associated Press. The White House later said the comments were meant to be lighthearted.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-leaks-idUSKBN15I321
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)The people you're talking to despise you and your behavior and your beliefs.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)Look at the upset that Ronald Reagan caused when he said on-mic "We begin bombing in five minute".
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)And he knew he was joking.
Trump, on the other hand, doesn't know if he means what he says or says what he means, since it all changes minute to minute anyway based on his mood.
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Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)We've got an ABSOLUTE RUBE in the oval office for the moment.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)That would be somewhat of a comfort.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)comments he has made are not usually those of a person with all their facilities intact.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)She said (in reaction to his many contradictions) I think he believes these things when he says them.
I cannot help but wonder how much damage he did to his brain with cocaine in Studio 54.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)his father having it not to mention he has some of the symptoms such as poor judgement and his wild unpredictable mood swings.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Twitler would never suspect him and it will solidify his hold over Twitler.
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)not be suspected, and for him the more chaos and disruption the better.
Now we need to convince T that Bannon is leaking!
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)Standard tactic of domestic batterers. Increase dependency, instill fear, and isolate.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)MissKat
(218 posts)Seriously, what if it's Vlad playing, "Let's blow up the world and see what happens!!"
Oh, President Bannon, you best look everywhere for those bugs.
Marthe48
(16,975 posts)Some stuff is secret, but routine phone calls to other leaders?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)You think he's going to take this seriously?