Trump 'expose america secret information with Russia'

President Donald Trump revealed highly classified 
information about so-called Islamic State to the Russian foreign minister,officials have told US media.

The information came from a partner of the US which
 had not given the US permission to share it with Russia, says the Washington Post .

It happened when Mr Trump met Sergei Lavrov in the 
Oval Office last week, says the paper.

But a senior security official has said the report is not true.

"This story is false," said Dina Powell, deputy national 
security adviser for strategy, who was in the meeting. "The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced."

The Trump campaign's alleged links to Moscow have 
dogged his presidency, and are part of several investigations.

But the president has dismissed it as "fake news".

During the election campaign, Mr Trump repeatedly
 criticised his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, for how she handled classified material.

The fallout from this story could be enormous and not
 just because there is a boundless trove of Republican 
quotes over the past year - directed at Mrs Clinton - 
about the utmost importance of protecting top-secret information.

There is the Russian connection, of course.

The FBI is currently investigating the Trump campaign for
possible ties to Russian interests. Meetings with Russian
Ambassador Sergei Kislyak featured prominently in the
 firing of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and
 Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recusal on Russian investigation matters.

Then there is the question of whether US allies will 
be more reluctant to share sensitive intelligence information with the US, lest the president put sources at risk.

This will only stoke accusations by Trump critics that the
president is undisciplined and inexperienced in the 
delicacies of foreign policy, where his shoot-from-the hip 
style presents an ongoing danger.

Finally, it is worth remembering the simmering feud Mr 
Trump has had with the US intelligence community. It took less than a week for this highly embarrassing story to leak.
 If the revelation was a knife twisted in the president's back, it is not hard to suspect where it came from.