Chris Murphy: Trump ‘Potentially Did Serious Jeopardy’ to U.S. National Security

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MURPHY: "This, clearly, as far as we understand, was -- was not strategic. And the idea that Russia is going to be a responsible partner in the future of Syria is belied by years and years of facts on the ground. We have been trying to get the Russians to be a meaningful partner inside Syria, and they end up doing more damage than good. They end up conducting themselves in a way that kills, hurts, and maims civilians, such that more, not less, people on the ground inside Syria are pushed into the camps of extremists rather than to moderates. So, we have enough experience inside Syria to understand that Russia is not going to be a credible partner. And you are right that there is a reasonable way to use classified information in order to win new friends or influence adversaries, but that’s not what happened here. This is a president who was trying to show off how much he knew in the context of that meeting and potentially, you know, did serious jeopardy to immediate U.S. national security concerns, as we are finding out today that some of our allies are already rethinking whether or not they should share information or rethinking what kind of information they should share with the United States."