Donald Trump Is A National Security Nightmare

Donald Trump is a national security nightmare. He treats classified secrets as nuggets to be shared with others he is trying to impress, creating danger for the United States and its allies.

First, there was his divulging the existence of an Israeli spy within the top hierarchy of ISIS to the Russians. This effectively neutered the effectiveness of one of the most important sources of intelligence the West has about ISIS, not to mention infuriating our allies and making it less likely that they will continue to share critical intelligence with us.

Then, the administration released the name of the Manchester bomber, completely ignoring the Brits’ request to have him remain anonymous in order to further their investigation. That investigation has apparently uncovered a terrorist cell but the early identification of the bomber may have both hindered the investigation or allowed other members of the cell to escape. In the wake of the Israeli spy revelation and now this, you can bet British intelligence will be far more careful in dealing with the Trump administration going forward.

Then, Trump had a phone call with Philippine President Duterte where he not only praised Duterte’s extra-judicial killings of supposed drug dealers but also revealed that two US nuclear submarines were stationed off the North Korean coast. The US never divulges the location of its submarines and giving their location provides vital intelligence for other countries to ensure or test the accuracy of their anti-submarine technology. The Chinese, for instance, are probably delighted to have this piece of intelligence.

All this, in just a couple of weeks. And you can be sure there are other secrets Trump has divulged that we don’t know about. We only learned about the nuclear sub on because the Philippine’s provided a readout of the call. There was nothing from the Trump administration.

How long are the Republicans going to put our country and our allies in danger by enabling this man, who is clearly unfit to be President, to remain in office. Are tax cuts really worth the risk?