Trump defends sharing of sensitive data with Russia

The president, however, did not deny that he has shared confidential information with representatives of the country of Vladimir Putin

The president of the United States , Donald Trump , defended on the morning of Tuesday the decision to share sensitive information with Russia after revealing  report in the newspaper Washington Post . Via Twitter, the Republican confirmed that he shared facts with the country’s authorities at a public meeting last week.

“As president I wanted to share with Russia (in an open meeting at the White House) facts about terrorism and air safety, which I have the absolute right to do. In addition to the humanitarian reasons, I want Russia to increase its fight against the Islamic State and terrorism, “the president wrote on the social network

On Monday, two US officials told the Post that Trump revealed top secret information about EI terrorist plans to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Washington’s ambassador to Washington, Sergey Kislyak, when he received them in Washington . According to the publication, the data was obtained with an “important ally” and the president would have even told how he had access to the revelations. Sources of intelligence, who have confirmed what happened to CNN, said the mogul did not tell the Russians who was his source, but there is concern that Moscow will find out more about the case on its own.

On Monday night, Trump’s national security adviser,  HR McMaster, said that “at no time sources of intelligence or methods were discussed” with the Russians and that the Republican “did not open military operations that were not public knowledge.” In the tweets of the head of state, however, he does not comment on whether the information was confidential and only defends his right to share what he knows – which, in fact, he has the authority to do.

The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, denied that Trump released secret information through Interfax news agency on Tuesday. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the reports “more of a lie.”