As news of Donald Trump’s gross incompetence has spread around the world, a senior German politician is publicly saying Donald Trump is now a “security risk for the entire western world.” From The Independent:
Burkhard Lischka, who sits on the Bundestag’s intelligence oversight committee, said: “If it proves to be true that the American president passed on internal intelligence matters that would be highly worrying."
Noting that Mr Trump has access to “exclusive and highly sensitive information including in the area of combating terrorism” the Social Democratic Party (SDP) politician said that if the President “passes this information to other governments at will, then Trump becomes a security risk for the entire western world”.
If allies like Germany begin to pull back and stop sharing critical information with U.S. Intelligence agencies, it is an absolute threat to people throughout the western world, especially U.S. citizens. International cooperation is critical in fighting terrorism. Donald Trump’s big mouth and even bigger ego are leading us into dangerous, troubling waters.