New with @wjhenn: Trump's mountain of debt, which would come due in his second term, is a massive national security vulnerability which would reframe all of his interactions with foreign actors with deep pockets & their own U.S. policy interests https://time.com/5894199/trump-debt-national-security-threat/

“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/