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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018.China eavesdrops on Trump's cell phone calls: New York Times
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rainyday
Wait, wasn't Trump shouting "lock her up" against Hillary for doing the same thing? Even though she wasn't president?
Blacklabel
Uh no, sending classified materials to a server at your home and having unauthorized people print and possess the documents is not the same as speaking on the phone. No, not even close.
Yubaru
If he talks on the phone like he makes speeches, China should not have all that much of a problem trying to understand what he is saying! It's not like he has a large vocabulary, nor very eloquent either.
I wouldn't worry too much about this.
nandakandamanda
No sweat, as long as he is aware that there are these devices out there. Someone lent me one some years ago and when I discovered what it could do I quickly gave it back! Standing in between two people's private conversation, playing God or what?!
Anyway, Angela Merkel and other European leaders were horrified not too long ago to learn that the CIA was listening in to their phone calls.
rainyday
Oh I see. So we are now all OK with the president using phones that the Chinese, Russians and god knows who else can easily listen in on? Interesting standard to adopt, but whatever, its not my country.
bones
Couldn’t have been much of a conversation If trump was involved, probably a one way gloating session about how great a job he is doing:-/
hooktrunk2
I'd hate to have the job of translating what he is saying.
rainyday
I totally agree that he is an orange idiot. But he also occupies the most powerful office in the world, so while what he says is often uninformed and deserving of scorn, unfortunately we cannot dismiss it as lacking substance. Simply by virtue of the fact that the idiot who spouts this drivel is president of the United States it becomes quite important.
Mocheake
Probably all the Chinese heard were gurgling noises anyway.
Michael O'Sullivan
Chinese A Party Line On TrumPutin's Phone
Notice that Russia is not mentioned because they already know what they have told TrumPutin to do. Secret agents in the US are using every word that comes out of his big angry stupid orange pie hole to feed false information to the enemies of freedom -- because no one in their right mind would tell the Doofus In Chief anything important. But anyone with even an ounce of compassion has to feel sorry for the poor Chinese officers who have to listen into the Big Orange Head every waking minute. We understand there is a special dedicated wing of an insane asylum in Beijing where these these unfortunate wretches go to recover.
smithinjapan
Get ready for Trump to suddenly change his tune on China and line up to kiss their butts nearly as much as Putin's.
Ah_so
Clinton sent nothing of value to the email addresses whereas Trump is using phone lines that he knows are likely to be listened into - far worse.
Blacklabel
Nothing of value? You mean all that stuff marked with (c) for classified?
lincolnman
Can you think of anything more idiotic? The Great Orange Orator discussing military secrets, key economic strategy, trade policy, and all other manner of classified information over his unsecure i-phone - and he has the gall to chant "Lock Her Up?" It's beyond unbelievable. If Republicans had any spine and sense of national security they'd start hearings now. This needs investigated and a damage assessment done immediately. How many lives of our military and intelligence professionals has he put in jeopardy.
Some Democrat needs to urge Russia and China to "hack his phone more and tell us all about it"... Sound familiar?
To quote Sean Spicer in Fire and Fury, "you can't make this stuff up..."
Chip Star
It's an equivalent. The reason Hilkaru shouldn't have sent the emails to a private server is the same as why Trump shouldn't use his cell phones: they are unsecured.
Serrano
"The Chinese must be left scratching their heads."
Heh, the media and the Left too, they still haven't figured out how Trump operates, lol.
lincolnman
Bob Mueller and Putin knows how he operates and soon we'll all know...
Serrano
"Trump's aides have repeatedly warned him that his cell phone calls are not secure and that Russian spies routinely eavesdrop on the conversations, but they say the president still refuses to give up his cellular phones"
Heh, Trump is fully aware of this, rest assured he hasn't said anything on his cell phones that he doesn't want the Russians and the Chinese to hear since he started running for president.
"Bob Mueller and Putin know how he operates and soon we'll all know"
Hey, how come we don't hear much about the Mueller probe circus recently? hehe
Yeah, that's gonna end with a whimper soon after the Republicans solidify their hold on Congress in November.
Black Sabbath
And Republicans don't even bother denying it.
After screaming about Her Emails™ so much to game the FBI, and an election.
No honor. No shame.
mukashiyokatta
Call Ted Mack! Amateur hour at the White House. That is why you do not put amateurs into the administration.