President Donald Trump was infuriated after it quickly leaked that he had been directly instructed by his national security advisers in briefing materials not to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent election victory during their call Tuesday morning, a source familiar with the President’s thinking said.
Trump was fuming Tuesday night, asking his allies and outside advisers who they thought had leaked the information, noting that only a small group of staffers have access to those materials and would have known what guidance was included for the Putin call, the source said.
Jed Babbin is a former United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense and a contributor to the Washington Times and The American Spectator. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to President Trump’s controversial call with Putin: