[ETCM]

"President Trump had a standing order during his tenure at the White House, that anything he brought home with him was to automatically be considered declassified!"

This has to be one of the most ridiculous claims I've heard yet. Banana republic level, and I was surprised to hear Solomon say it. Such a policy paints Trump as a clown that would declassify national secrets just for his personal convenience. What's the next claim, a standing order that documents were automatically reclassified as soon as he returned them?

[Drew68]

Such a policy paints Trump as a clown that would declassify national secrets just for his personal convenience. What's the next claim, a standing order that documents were automatically reclassified as soon as he returned them?

The authority vested with the president to declassify and reclassify documents is absolute.

We can actually thank Obama for his 2009 executive order that clarified procedures for classifying and declassifying documents while also underlining the president's absolute authority on this matter.

Trump did not repeal this executive order and, so far, neither has Biden.

[MortMan]

You need to rethink the difference between a classification authority versus an officer. You do not seem to understand it.

[Observator]

This has to be one of the most ridiculous claims I've heard yet.

What's so ridiculous about it? Trump said anything he touched was declassified once it came with him out the front door. I'm sure there's a note to that effect somewhere, or can be.

That's how it works. You take the standing order, move the documents, because why not? He's the President. You can reclassify if needed. It's just common sense.