By Thinking About It

Trump claims he can declassify top secret documents just ‘by thinking about it’

‘If you’re the president of the United States, you can declasify just by saying ‘it’s declassified’, even by thinking about it’

• Trump claims he can declassify top secret documents just ‘by thinking about it’ by Phil Thomas @ The Independent

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“There doesn’t have to be (a process), as I understand it. If you’re the president of the United States, you can declasify just by saying ‘it’s declassified’, even by thinking about it. Because you’re sending it to Mar-a-Lago or to wherever you’re sending it.

“And there doesn’t have to be a process. There can be a process, but there doesn’t have to be. You’re the president, you make that decision.

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