President Trump alleged Thursday that former President Barack Obama revealed “classified information” — a potential crime — when he said that aliens are “real” in a recent interview.
“He gave classified information, he’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
“I don’t know if they’re real or not, but I can tell you he gave classified information.”
“He made a big mistake,” Trump went on. “He took it out of classified information. No, I don’t have an opinion on it. I never talk about it. A lot of people do. A lot of people believe it.”
Obama told podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, who asked about aliens, that “they’re real, but I haven’t seen them.”
“They’re not being kept at Area 51,” Obama said. “There’s no underground facility — unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”
An Obama spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
