New York Times: When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese and the Russians Listen and Learn
WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening — and putting to use invaluable insights into how to best work the president and affect administration policy, current and former American officials said.
Mr. Trump’s aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him that Russian spies are routinely eavesdropping on the calls, as well. But aides say the voluble president, who has been pressured into using his secure White House landline more often these days, has still refused to give up his iPhones. White House officials say they can only hope he refrains from discussing classified information when he is on them.
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WNU Editor: I remember they said the same thing about President Obama and his Black Berry .... but he still kept on using it. Is it smart .... no. That is why you rarely see Presidents Putin or Xi holding a cell phone .... they know how vulnerable these devices are.
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The importance of knowing all of his tee times...
It doesn't matter. Trump moves at such speed and probably plays them "yeah, yeah, send my McDonald order to our new HQ in Taiwan" ;-))
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What if he had a private EMAIL SERVER?
That would be the worst thing ever, my stars, just the worst. LOCK HER UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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