Trump says he might keep others from listening in on calls
Associated PressWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he might end the long-running practice of letting other administration officials listen in on presidential calls with foreign leaders. Robert O’Brien, Trump’s national security adviser, said the president can conduct whatever phone calls he wants without other people being on the line. “We can certainly comply with the Presidential Records Act and serve the president in however he’d like to have his conversations with foreign leaders,” O’Brien told reporters Thursday evening outside the White House. It allows the president and the national security adviser to track any agreements made on the call and to refute quickly and accurately any incorrect claims about the call made by the foreign side,” Pfeiffer said, adding that it allows White House staff members to follow up and implement the president’s policy. But Aftergood said it’s a “bad idea.” “The president requires the expertise and advice of his senior officials, and they require access to these calls in order to do their job,” Aftergood said.
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