So not that anyone’s suprised at this point, but apparently President Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders, urging them to call him.
Trump invites world leaders to call him on his cellphone, raising security, secrecy concerns.
By @vmsalama.https://t.co/50EKmpzCyT— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 31, 2017
Essentially asking them to ”call him on his cellphone….”, the rest of that lyric might be a little disturbing, but you get the hint and so did the rest of Twitter. And the reaction…hilarious.
Trump out here like pic.twitter.com/avfct7CgQd
— Mr. Massey (@MrMassey2016) May 31, 2017
— Big Rich (@piff_da_god) May 31, 2017
— Allison Nielsen (@AllisonNielsen) May 31, 2017
@realDonaldTrump @POTUS #callmeonmycellphone world leaders! #Impeach45 pic.twitter.com/accx5scZ7S
— Shoegal ❄️ (@shoegal0517) May 31, 2017
As Trump urges world leaders to call him on his cell phone (source: AP), I offer a photo of @Drake at my old desk in the West Wing: pic.twitter.com/MbLKfOtPy5
— Pat Cunnane (@PatCunnane) May 31, 2017
All gifs aside, as trivial as it may seem, this unsual form of invitation breaks diplomatic protocol and raises numerous security concerns to say the least.
Derek Chollet, a former Pentagon adviser and National Security Council official now at the German Marshall Fund of the United States stated “If you are speaking on an open line, then it’s an open line, meaning those who have the ability to monitor those conversations are doing so,”