Opinion | Trump can't be trusted with America's secrets -- but he's getting them anyway

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : NBC News reported on Tuesday that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had begun providing Trump with the briefings that have been given to presidents-elect for over 70 years.
49% : When he left office in 2021, Trump took with him boxes and boxes of papers that should have been handed over to the National Archives and Records Administration for preservation.
49% : But it did touch on a reality that is back in play now that Trump will be back in the White House.
49% : As we saw in his first term, much of our current system of government is built on a notion of competency and decency that Trump fundamentally subverts.
49% : For Trump to now be receiving classified briefings before being sworn in is a testament to how the system is prepared to bend toward his authority, even as he has done nothing to show any newfound responsibility toward the power he'll hold.
48% : In each instance, Trump insisted that he was well within his right to do so -- and he technically had a point, regardless of the wisdom of his actions.
47% : And while his parade of Cabinet choices is distressing, much more concerning are reports that Trump has now begun receiving intelligence briefings again.
40% : But there's no statutory requirement that Trump be given early access to the country's most closely guarded secrets.
40% : Moreover, Democrats had the opportunity after President Joe Biden's election to codify into law many of the norms that Trump had previously flouted.
30% : According to the indictment that special counsel Jack Smith obtained, Trump wasn't exactly careful with those documents he kept.
24% : The decision looks especially odd considering the Justice Department's Mar-a-Lago documents case against Trump.

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