FEBRUARY 13, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his top aides coordinated their response to North Korea’s missile test on Saturday night in full view of diners at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida — a remarkable public display of presidential activity that is almost always conducted in highly secure settings.
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The scene — of aides huddled over their computers and the president on his cellphone at his club’s terrace — was captured by a club member dining not far away and published in pictures on his Facebook account. The images also show Mr. Trump conferring with his guest at the resort, Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister....
...the two leaders and their staff members reviewed documents and worked on their laptops, using cellphones as flashlights.
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Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, could barely find words. “Can’t make it up,” he said.
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Mr. [Sean] Spicer said the president was briefed about North Korea in a secure location on the property. It is against the law for officials to be handling classified materials in a nonsecure setting.
Mr. Spicer said Mr. Trump and his aides were reviewing “news conference logistics” about the North Korean missile test.
In addition to posting the pictures of the North Korea conversation, Mr. [Richard] DeAgazio also published pictures of himself standing with a person he described as Mr. Trump’s military aide responsible for carrying the nuclear “football” — the briefcase that contains codes for launching nuclear weapons.
