President Trump uses at least two Apple iPhones

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“President Donald Trump uses a White House cellphone that isn’t equipped with sophisticated security features designed to shield his communications, according to two senior administration officials — a departure from the practice of his predecessors that potentially exposes him to hacking or surveillance,” Eliana Johnson, Emily Stephenson and Daniel Lippman report for Politico. “The president, who relies on cellphones to reach his friends and millions of Twitter followers, has rebuffed staff efforts to strengthen security around his phone use, according to the administration officials.”

“The president uses at least two iPhones, according to one of the officials,” Johnson, Stephenson and Lippman report. “The phones — one capable only of making [voice] calls, the other equipped only with the Twitter app and preloaded with a handful of news sites — are issued by White House Information Technology and the White House Communications Agency, an office staffed by military personnel that oversees White House telecommunications.”

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“While aides have urged the president to swap out the Twitter phone on a monthly basis, Trump has resisted their entreaties, telling them it was ‘too inconvenient,’ the same administration official said,” Johnson, Stephenson and Lippman report. “The president has gone as long as five months without having the phone checked by security experts. It is unclear how often Trump’s call-capable phones, which are essentially used as burner phones, are swapped out.”

“The White House declined to comment for this story, but a senior West Wing official said the call-capable phones ‘are seamlessly swapped out on a regular basis through routine support operations. Because of the security controls of the Twitter phone and the Twitter account, it does not necessitate regular change-out,'” Johnson, Stephenson and Lippman report. “Three White House aides confirmed that Trump’s cellphone number changes from time to time. Several aides close to the president also carry secure devices from which he can place calls — a standard practice in any presidential administration.”

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32 Comments

      1. [Ronald] Reagan was depicted as some sort of cowboy B-rated-film-star yahoo and loose cannon by the “chattering class” of 1980, one who might be tolerable as a governor, but who was definitely not sophisticated enough to comprehend, let alone conduct, foreign policy.

        The Ronald Reagan of the 1970s and 1980s was derided as inept and a potential disaster by status quo apologists, much as Donald Trump is being mocked today.

        Ronald Reagan knew the sting of being called a “light weight” movie star, a graduate of rural Midwestern Eureka College which no one among the elite had ever heard of. And doubtless ad hominem attacks detracted from, and damaged in some respects, his core message of more limited government and defeat of the Soviet empire. But he persisted despite the snide heckling of the arrogant establishment of the time, and he communicated his message honestly and directly – and, turns out, successfully — to the American people, thereby, accomplishing much good for the nation.

        Ronald Reagan as President of the United States? NEVER, they said. But the people voted, the nation spoke, and so, they were wrong.

        — Ambassador Faith Whittlesey, July 6, 2016

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        1. Get a fucking passport and leave the country you goddamned idiot. We just returned from Europe and you would be wearing a dunce cap… why don’t you just take a trip and learn that your “perspective” is massively wrong and hated by the majority of the world and our allies? Oh wait, you won’t because if you’re not some type of automated troll you’re stuck in your basement unable to learn from other people…. actually let’s make that you’re mothers basement, and stuck on the couch like Peter Griffin who was fused with the fabric.

          People like you is why people like us have to apologize constantly for our country while abroad. We learn languages and try to fit in, we assimilate to local customs and culture to try to learn from our fellow humans worldwide… meanwhile you just sit there and shout “‘Merica great!”, “Fuck you for speaking another language”, and “bomb the shit out of the brown people, ‘Merica fuck yeah!!”

          I’m going to write this next section in a language that will really piss you off because hats the type of treatment you deserve:

          если вам интересно, мы знаем, насколько вы глупы. мы знаем уже много лет, и вы – именно тот человек, с которым мы нацелились. держите его в руках полезного идиот …

          Since you speak no other languages you shouldn’t be able to read that, but if you can? I guess we know where your bread is buttered…

        3. I know right? That “majority of the world crap.” Heh. What a pansy. I guess he runs around apologizing for our country and has the nerve to tell someone else to leave.

          And then he has the never to call 2014 an idiot in Russian. Medication must be running low on this one.

        7. There’s a fact of far-left anarchists known as accelerationists who are probably really happy to see Trump in office. Why? Because they believe that, in order to build a new and better world, they first have to tear down what exists.
          They probably see Trump as a wrecking ball that will tear the American empire into pieces with his blundering incompetence. He’s made a good start so far, alienating allies, tearing apart international agreements, undermining security (see the article this comment thread is supposedly about for a tiny example), attacking a free press, attacking our own legal system, appointing incompetent criminals to government office, appointing as judges wacko ideologues, and much more.

          He’s the best gift Americans could give to the competitors of the U.S.A. nation-state. He’s a wrench thrown into the works of the American empire. A devastating own-goal.

          Chew on that, F2T2.

        9. The Obama admin was clueless. The Clintons are the most corrupt political couple of all time. Funny how you IGNORE that in your condemnation of the the president. Doing great things for the economy.

          Chew on that …

      2. Village idiot?

        How about global capitalist? The finest skyscrapers, hotels, resorts and golf courses around the world. A self-made billionaire starting from a measly million dollar loan, remarkable, no?

        What is even more remarkable is a non-politician, in his FIRST race, winning the highest office in the world against the most financed and experienced campaign in history, backed by the lion share support from the media and Hollywood celebrity and music culture on her side. And the Don, prevailed.

        Care to revise your “village idiot” comment, sir? …

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      1. Get a fucking passport and leave the country you goddamned idiot. We just returned from Europe and you would be wearing a dunce cap… why don’t you just take a trip and learn that your “perspective” is massively wrong and hated by the majority of the world and our allies? Oh wait, you won’t because if you’re not some type of automated troll you’re stuck in your basement unable to learn from other people…. actually let’s make that you’re mothers basement, and stuck on the couch like Peter Griffin who was fused with the fabric.

        People like you is why people like us have to apologize constantly for our country while abroad. We learn languages and try to fit in, we assimilate to local customs and culture to try to learn from our fellow humans worldwide… meanwhile you just sit there and shout “‘Merica great!”, “Fuck you for speaking another language”, and “bomb the shit out of the brown people, ‘Merica fuck yeah!!”

        I’m going to write this next section in a language that will really piss you off because hats the type of treatment you deserve:

        если вам интересно, мы знаем, насколько вы глупы. мы знаем уже много лет, и вы – именно тот человек, с которым мы нацелились. держите его в руках полезного идиот …

        Since you speak no other languages you shouldn’t be able to read that, but if you can? I guess we know where your bread is buttered…

        I’m going to post this on every insane bs comment you make on this thread, and possibly more. Why you haven’t been banned from this comment section over the years is beyond my understanding.

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        1. I don’t often come across Russian so translating a few words that I can understand is a treat:

          “If it interests you (in the dative case),…you…many years,…man,…with which you…hand…useful idiot.” lol

          “если вам интересно, мы знаем, насколько вы глупы. мы знаем уже много лет, и вы – именно тот человек, с которым мы нацелились. держите его в руках полезного идиот …”

        2. It may be a bit rusty, but what I wrote in Russian should translate to this:

          In case you’re wondering (if it interests you), we know how stupid you are. We’ve known for years and and you’re exactly the type of puppet who we targeted. Keep it up you useful idiot.

          Again, I haven’t spoken it in about 2 years and don’t use it regularly. But that should be about right.

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