Mr President, shall we tell the Russians?

This US President can’t keep a secret. That’s an allegation, not a revelation. So what, I’m the president. I can do what I want with the facts, Donald J. Trump retorted in a tweet. The president allegedly shot his mouth off during discussions with the Russians and flaunted his computer like a toy. He shared information with the Kremlin. Moscow was pleased. Putin smiled. Sounds like a warm start to Cold War II. What exactly was the nature of the information, no one knows. Ah, they were decoded for the President’s benefit. Classified made simple. Top secret taken down for the Russians. Intelligence jargon. Mumbo-jumbo. The media doesn’t have proof; the masses remain indifferent. Here’s the script. The president was privy to some important information about Daesh who were allegedly planning some attacks on airlines, but gave them to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, says the report. National security has been compromised, threatened. How, no one knows. The FBI and CIA were called in to contain the damage. Anonymous sources, allegations, claims, and counter-claims. The Press versus the President, pouring hate and scorn on the man who defied them to win the presidency.

Now, constitutionally, the president can declassify information. He might have the right, but how much can he share with a foreign power he wants to be chummy with. The Russians won’t mind some info if handed to them on a platter in the White House. What’s the use when Daesh has been hammered in Syria without US help? Then, we don’t really know what he shared. The source was from within the Trump administration. Deeply embedded. The modern version of Deep Throat. Sounds like another Watergate in the making — or Russiagate. They are closer to nailing him, the free corporate Press says. Then, the facts are missing, or they don’t add up. Trump, meanwhile, is defiant as his National Security Adviser denied such a thing ever happened. Was it fake news? We don’t know? Who planted it? Trump, maybe.