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President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump reportedly shared classified information with the Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week, prompting condemnation across the political spectrum - including a look at his past public statements on others' disclosure of classified intelligence.Both current and former anonymous US officials claimed that Trump had disclosed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak sensitive intelligence regarding the Islamic State, according to a report from The Washington Post.
The information was originally provided by a US partner who had not given permission to share the material with Russia. The administration deflected any reason for alarm by maintaining that Trump discussed "a broad range of subjects" with the Russian officials. However, "they did not discuss source, methods, or military operations," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.
Trump's critics, including several lawmakers, were quick to rebuke the president. Many of them noted that one of the more prominent critics who scorned the sharing of classified intelligence in the past has been none other than Trump himself.
Here are seven tweets from Trump that criticize the leaking of classified information: