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Sadik Hossain

‘I’d love to keep that a secret’: Trump was mid-sentence revealing classified troop numbers, his own general had to cut him off

At a recent press conference, General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had to step in to stop Donald Trump from revealing classified military information. The moment happened while Trump was talking about the successful rescue of two U.S. airmen in Iran.

Trump was asked whether all his military advisers supported the high-risk mission. He admitted they did not all agree. “No, there were military people, very professional, that preferred not doing it,” he said, referring to the rescue attempt carried out after two U.S. jets were shot down over Iran. 

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