Why would Trump have classified docs on Nuclear Technology?

[OAITW r.2.0]

Could give a shit about his moronic, fan club love-letters, but this is on a whole different level of treason.

[TDale313]

1. To sell them. Almost certainly.

[montanacowboy]

2. Passed onto the Saudi Arabian Govt

maybe during the golf tournament
Remember Jared got 2 billion from the Saudis, what was that for?

Whatever he did it's worse then we can imagine

[JoeOtterbein]

3. To sell. n/t

[ymetca]

4. Seems obvious now

to sell them to the Saudis for a golf tournament.

Ah, yes -- the Art of the Deal!

[Irish_Dem]

5. One of the talking heads on TV said that Trump would brag about asking for intel.

He would pick up the phone and people would bring him boxes and boxes of whatever he asked for.

He also installed his puppets into high levels of government. They gave him what he wanted.

[WarGamer]

6. He would have to request them through formal channels.

If he wanted to know Top Secret statistics on a specific warhead or missile, he wouldn't be given a file or pile of papers.

He'd be met with a group of Pentagon folks who would give a presentation. Knowing Trump... lots of pictures.

I don't know if/how/why he'd obtain the actual documents.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. Exactly.

This was planned tech stealing. Passed already? But he sold us out for a nice LIV pay-off.

[Takket]

24. Interesting that all this is blowing up shortly after the tournament

[C_U_L8R]

10. Has anyone checked Fort Knox lately?

Seems Trump is trying very hard to emulate Auric Goldfinger.

[OAITW r.2.0]

21. Gotta love the name, Auric Goldfinger,

Perhaps Trumps hero?

[C_U_L8R]

27. Well, they're both golf cheats

and seemingly nuclear blackmailers

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. +++++++++

May this point beome meme'd.

[eShirl]

32. He's the man, the man with the Shit-Midas Touch.

[grumpyduck]

7. But why wait this long?

Why not sell them, if that was the intention, over the last year and a half?

[hamsterjill]

15. Who said he has waited?

He’s probably already given away anything he had of value. Putin isn’t going to play nice with a stupid idiot like Trump. Trump has to be doing something to keep Putin appeased.

[elleng]

8. fan club love-letters

'We fell in love:' Trump swoons over letters from North Korea's Kim

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-trump/we-fell-in-love-trump-swoons-over-letters-from-north-koreas-kim-idUSKCN1MA03Q

[OAITW r.2.0]

14. I don't care, do you?

Whatever that bromance was about, is not important. But taking specific data on nuclear subjects....why?

[elleng]

16. one bromance leads to another,

so I DO care.

[superpatriotman]

11. Don't worry

His caddy is watching over it

[RockRaven]

12. So he can feel important/powerful by showing them to people.

He's one of the most boastful people on Earth (perhaps the one thing he does actually excel at, in quantity if not quality).

[Solly Mack]

13. I can think of only one reason for him to have them in his possession.

To sell access to them.

There is no way such documents in his possession would be an oopsie. None.

[2naSalit]

19. And leverage.

I think it's a little of both.

[Solly Mack]

25. Maybe

Incredibly stupid either way.

Dangerous, for certain - but so mind numbingly stupid.

[Solly Mack]

26. Started thinking about the times he threatened other countries with Nukes and this thought

crossed my mind: What if the fucker wanted his own nuke? His own private stash?

Remember how he responded to North Korea with I have my own nuclear button and it's bigger?

And how he sounded like a kid with a new toy each time he talked about nukes and what they can do? How he wanted to use them all the time and couldn't understand why we had them if we didn't use them?

Just a crazy thought that crossed my mind.

Crazy.

[2naSalit]

29. Well...

I would consider that a valid concern and one I hadn't quite gotten to yet. But that is a serious possibility.

I out absolutely NOTHING past that fucker. It's "give me everything I want when I want it or nobody can have anything." He and pootin have that suicide with casualties mindset to a more than dangerous level.

[getagrip_already]

17. Probably exec summary level info....

Program descriptions, status. Capabilites, tactics, etc, all at the 3rd grade level. This can still be very sensitive, but not enough to duplicate.

He likely didn't have tech level info.

And if he asked for it, I hope he would have been given honey pot data.

[OAITW r.2.0]

20. I hope so....but why is Trump interested? What information was he given? We don't know the damage

he will cause us because Trump delivered secrets to our enemies.

[sir pball]

33. It could be CONPLAN, the Pres has automatic access to that. It's up there with warhead blueprints.

CONPLAN/formerly SIOP is the comprehensive US nuclear war plan – strategies, targets, procedures, it's the literal script to Armageddon. It's one of the most secret and sensitive documents in the country, but as head of the National Command Authority the President necessarily has pretty much open access to it.

Might not be of much intrinsic value to the Saudis, unlike weapon design information, but it would be some of the most valuable intel on the planet in terms of resale value.

[2naSalit]

18. Yup, Lawrence is all over it tonight.

As well as everyone else but more info keeps coming out.

[Generic Brad]

22. Or to ransom them

He thinks Biden is weak and will buckle. He has no clue how honest, patriotic people react.

[OAITW r.2.0]

23. One thing I am sure of....

Trump is unable to understand Joe Biden's character.

[2naSalit]

30. He can only understand those...

For whom he is someone of stature, the ones he can manipulate and influence. He's totally clueless about what normal people are about.

[D_Master81]

31. 2 possible theories

I have 2 theories:
1) He was selling the docs to the highest bidder. I honestly don’t think this was the case although I know most here do.
2) he wanted to brag about some new technology that was developed under his presidency to his buddies. Woodward made mention of this for his book a couple years ago Trump alluding to some new technology no one has seen before. He just couldn’t help himself probably he had to brag.

[Chainfire]

34. I don't think that we have to prove what his motives were

in order to jail him for the actual act. He should spend the rest of his days behind bars, beginning today he should be in solitary confinement awaiting trial.

If it turns out that he actually transferred documents to a foreign power he should get the Eddie Slovik treatment. The last words whispered in his ear should be, "You're fired."

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

35. "Waaaa! You didn't elect me for a second term! I'll show you!"

[Evergreen Emerald]

36. The lack of sufficient security at the hotel versus the white house put the USA at risk.

[Kid Berwyn]

37. They're like Traveler's Checks.

Readily convertible at all participating corrupt despots’.

[Deminpenn]

38. Bragging rights

and to show off to those he wants to impress is my guess.

Remember, Trump has always longed to be part of the elite moneyed and influencers, but they won't have him. Having top secret and beyond documents is just another way for him to "show them".

Jmho, it isn't any more complicated than that.

[jonstl08]

39. Connect the dots

In 2019 Michael Flynn and other Trump cronies wanted to sell Nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Not sure if they ever were able to do it. Combine this along with the LIV golf tournament (Trump backed and Saudi financed), 2 billion the Saudis gave Jared along with the fact Trump is heavily in debt so who is financing that.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/23/trump-cronies-secret-talks-nuclear-tech-saudi-arabia