Trump: Spying on allies? I'm open to that
- 8 years ago
Will spying on Israel be fair game with Donald Trump as president?
In an interview on Sunday with CBS' "Face the Nation", the leading Republican presidential was asked about last week's report in The Wall Street Journal , which said that President Barack Obama continued to spy after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu , even after he announced two years ago he would curtail the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program on friendly heads of state.
Asked if he, as president, would say no spying on Israeli officials at all, Trump said he would not rule out spying on Israeli officials if that helped make the United States “great”.
Asked whether he would leave open the possibility of spying on anybody, even allies, Trump replied, “I would say that I would leave open possibilities of doing whatever it takes to make our country very, very strong and to make our country great again.”
In an interview on Sunday with CBS' "Face the Nation", the leading Republican presidential was asked about last week's report in The Wall Street Journal , which said that President Barack Obama continued to spy after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu , even after he announced two years ago he would curtail the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program on friendly heads of state.
Asked if he, as president, would say no spying on Israeli officials at all, Trump said he would not rule out spying on Israeli officials if that helped make the United States “great”.
Asked whether he would leave open the possibility of spying on anybody, even allies, Trump replied, “I would say that I would leave open possibilities of doing whatever it takes to make our country very, very strong and to make our country great again.”