By Greg Halbleib

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) calls President Trump’s disclosure of classified information to high-ranking Russian officials “unthinkable”.

Durbin said the president’s decision to discuss U.S. intelligence in the fight against ISIS was “reckless, negligent at the least.”

“Here is valuable information to protect America, to protect Americans in uniform, and a person may have risked his life to tell us, and the president just blurts it out,” Durbin told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin and Patti Penn.

Durbin added that although the source was not revealed, the disclosure could still put people in danger, adding that Russia and the U.S. are not on the same page when it comes to fighting ISIS.

“When it comes to (ISIS), Russia has not taken on the same devotion or determination we have to get rid of them,” Durbin said. “So no, you couldn’t argue we’re buddies and allies here. We’re not.”

Durbin also called Trump’s handling of this and other controversies in the White House “worrisome” and a “dangerous situation.”

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