Intelligence experts frustrated by Trump tweeting classified image
Posted by Thomas Bush / September 1, 2019Earlier this week, President Donald Trump tweeted an image of a failed rocket launch in Iran. He taunted Iran, sending “Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened.” But the joke was not on Iran, it was on Trump, because by sending that image into the ether he offered what experts say is a goldmine of information.
One expert said that the image “identifies for the world (not just Iran) the methods we have attained” for gathering intelligence. “One doesn’t use intel for the purposes of taunting. The Russians and the Chinese will be very happy to study this.”
Another said, “The propensity for saying the quiet part out loud is less amusing when it blows the cover on a multi-decade, multi-president campaign to disrupt Iranian missile and nuclear development with minimal loss of life.”
This action is yet another example of Trump’s inability to serve as a military leader. An FBI agent working in counterintelligence has described President Trump’s behavior at the G7 summit as very disturbing. “It’s hard to see the bar anymore since it’s been pushed so far down the last few years,” he said, “but President Trump’s behavior over the weekend was a new low.” This led him to suggest that Trump is either a Russian asset or a “useful idiot” to be used by Putin.
The G7 Summit meetings require intelligence, poise, thoughtfulness, and a deep knowledge of international relations. In other words, it’s exactly the place U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn’t be. During a dinner at the G7 summit, Trump caused a stir by demanding that Russia be allowed back in––even though it illegally annexed Crimea back in 2014. This is yet another reason that Trump is a terrible commander in chief.
This is not the first time Trump’s behavior in regards to Russia has raised eyebrows. When Trump and Putin met at the G20 summit––you know, the one where Trump told journalists it was “none of their business” what he said to Putin––he made a very distasteful joke: that he and Putin should “get rid” of journalists. That joke is just the latest in a long series of comments that make people afraid Trump is a tyrant in the making.
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