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https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-05-16/report-israel-the-source-of-highly-classified-info-donald-trump-passed-to-russian-officials

This article is written by Gabrielle Levy, who is a writer who covers politics for U.S News. The article that she wrote is about the transfer of 'Highly Classified' info from Donald Trump to the Russians.  Levy discusses that Israel spies are the ones who came out with the info, how people feel about the news, and if it will effect our relationship with Israel.

Three things that this article talks about that we have also dealt with in class are foreign policy, executive powers, and public policy. Foreign policy, because the article talks about our communication with Russia and relations with Israel. Executive powers, because is Trump in the right to share this information. Thirdly, public policy due to the fact that pretty much all of Trumps decisions are initially seen as controversial.

Personally I don't know how I feel about the situation because I am not to sure what type of information the president passes to foreign leaders on a day to day basis. A lot of people get worked up about this stuff and I just may not know as much as the average American, but I feel like they don't what type of information is being handled either. But if whatever Trump is doing will hit our relations with Israel, I feel like its most likely not the best idea.