President Trump has been repeatedly told by aides that his cellphone calls are not secure from foreign spies. But he has refused to heed the warnings to stop talking.
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When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening ā and putting to use invaluable insights into how to best work the president and affect administration policy, current and former American officials said.
Mr. Trumpās aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him that Russian spies are routinely eavesdropping on the calls, as well. But aides say the voluble president, who has been pressured into using his secure White House landline more often these days, has still refused to give up his iPhones. White House officials say they can only hope he refrains from discussing classified information when he is on them.
āMr. Trumpās use of his iPhones was detailed by several current and former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so they could discuss classified intelligence and sensitive security arrangements.ā
American spy agencies, the officials said, had learned that China and Russia were eavesdropping on the presidentās cellphone calls from human sources inside foreign governments and intercepting communications between foreign officials.
Two of Trumpās friend identified:
Stephen A. Schwarzman, the Blackstone Group chief executive who has endowed a masterās program at Tsinghua University in Beijing
Steve Wynn, the former Las Vegas casino magnate who used to own a lucrative property in Macau.Ā
