Axelrod: Leaked Trump conversations ‘a terrible precedent’

Democratic campaign strategist David Axelrod said Friday that the leak of President Trump’s recent conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia sets a “terrible precedent.”

He also called the contents of the leaked conversations “embarrassing.”

“Transcripts of @POTUS calls w/leaders of Mexico; Australia were embarrassing. Yet the leaking of them feels like a terrible precedent,” tweeted Axelrod, who worked for former President Obama.

Transcripts of @POTUS calls w/leaders of Mexico; Australia were embarrassing. Yet the leaking of them feels like a terrible precedent.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) August 4, 2017

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The transcripts of conversations the president held earlier this year with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull were published by The Washington Post on Thursday.

The leak of the conversations, which ranged from the border wall with Mexico to a refugee agreement with Australia, has been widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans.