Alaska summit blunder: Secret details left on hotel printer
Sensitive Trump-Putin summit documents, including schedules and contacts, were left in an Alaskan hotel printer after the summit. The White House dismissed the blunder as “just lunch menus,” showing their amateur approach to national security and diplomacy. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
Sensitive details of Donald Trump’s private meeting with Vladimir Putin — including schedules, contact lists, and menus — were accidentally left in an Alaskan hotel printer after the summit of the two leaders in Alaska.
The White House brushed off the leak as “just lunch menus,” a response that underscored its habitual carelessness and amateur approach to national security and diplomacy.
GOING FURTHER
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit | NPR
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