“That has always been the suspicion about Trump—that the Russians were bankrolling him. If he were a ‘normal’ employee, that would certainly be a counter-intelligence vulnerability. It’s frightening all around," former DNI James Clapper tells TIME https://time.com/5894199/trump-debt-national-security-threat/
"A second term for Trump would result in increased vulnerability" which would look less like traditional foreign influence, and more like “personal financial pressure [that] could adversely affect U.S. national security decisions," former NGA Director Cardillo tells TIME
Trump's "continued efforts to hide his financial circumstances and lie about it" only makes it worse, @john_sipher says. "The fact that criminal or foreign intelligence groups might become aware of Trump’s lies would provide them unacceptable leverage" https://time.com/5894199/trump-debt-national-security-threat/
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