I'd say that ship has sailed.President Donald Trump has a hard time keeping a secret.
His Friday morning tweet teasing a positive jobs report before its public release was just the latest of many cases where Trump has let slip something he wasn’t supposed to.
As commander in chief, Trump has the power to share any information he wants. But his norm-busting desire to dish details on everything from foreign policy to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe to a political rival’s cellphone number has alarmed critics who worry that he could disclose information that moves markets or even risks lives.
Politico
Oh, well, what can you do? Surely if it were really a problem the GOP would be trying to do something about it, right?“He’s good at keeping secrets that involve him,” said Sam Nunberg, one of Trump’s earliest 2016 presidential campaign aides. Invoking the Yiddish word for a female gossip, he added of Trump: “On the other hand, the guy’s a fucking yenta.”
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Just days before his controversial Friday tweet hinting that an upcoming monthly jobs report would be favorable, Trump drew fire after POLITICO reported that he had bragged before Republican donors in New York last week about a February battle between U.S. troops and Russian mercenaries in Syria that remains classified.
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Trump’s indiscreet style has been clear since his first months in office. After a North Korean missile launch in February 2017, Trump conferred over maps and documents with Japan’s prime minister — while sitting in view of dinner guests at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in South Florida. Last May, Trump treated Russian officials visiting the Oval Office to classified Israel intelligence about a counterterrorism operation in Syria.
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During the 2016 presidential primaries, Trump unpleasantly surprised his GOP rival, Lindsey Graham, by announcing the South Carolina senator’s personal cellphone number on live television. Last October, Trump mused cryptically in front of White House reporters about the “calm before the storm” during a meeting with military commanders and their spouses in the State Dining Room. In March, the president made an impromptu visit to the White House briefing room to tease a “major announcement” from South Korean officials who were visiting Washington. Even Trump’s own press office was left scrambling to figure out what was going on.
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“Trump’s premature announcements may be his way of showing off, but if you’re a service member in the middle of an operation, a shareholder that expects fair play in the market, or a diplomat trying to quietly close a deal, they’re dangerous and destructive,” added Ben LaBolt, a deputy spokesman from the Obama White House.
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