Fears that Trump will not keep US national security secrets
Former US security officials have expressed their concerns that outgoing US President Donald Trump will not keep the country's secrets after he leaves office following his defeat by Joe Biden in the presidential elections, as Trump has previously revealed sensitive information, some of them on Twitter.
According to the British newspaper, The Independent, these officials said that Trump should be prevented from receiving future intelligence reports, as former presidents are given information before they travel abroad, or when the current president wants to consult with them, but it is believed that Trump has not adhered to this tradition of sending reports. With former President Barack Obama.
The newspaper quoted what security experts said to the US network "NBC" this week that Trump may be subject to selling secrets to America's adversaries, and on this basis, he should not have access to intelligence information anymore.
They stated that, in addition to Trump's personality, known for his turmoil and the subject of his tax records to investigations, he was said to owe $ 400 million to unknown lenders, and that he has foreign investments that are the most complex of any president, especially as they are in several countries, including Russia and China.
David Press, a former CIA agent who wrote the "Presidents' Secrets" book, emphasized that it would be dangerous to give Trump access to secrets.
"It is easy to imagine Trump's request for more intelligence after he leaves office," said Jack Goldsmith, a senior official in the Department of Justice in the Bush Junior administration. "It was not easy to imagine this happening with other presidents, but it is easy to imagine him with this president." Where he showed that he does not take the rules of secrecy seriously, he has a known tendency to disrespect the rules related to national security, as well as a tendency to sell things valuable to him.
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