1. If you're going to bat for Duterte, you have issues.
2. The general locations of the nuclear subs is not really that big a deal. Though I can't find any instances of Obama, Bush, or Clinton mentioning locations of submarines, the US Navy published
this on its website on April 25.
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Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Busan, April 25, for a routine visit during a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific.
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And then
this one on May 2.
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Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) arrived at Fleet Activities Sasebo, May 2, for a visit as part of its Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment.
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While the second publication came after the call with Duterte, I think it's clear the specific information Trump chose to disclose is not particularly secret or sensitive and that - those of us who would prefer Trump not be President - shouldn't waste our time getting upset about it.
However, it
does continue a distressing pattern of Trump bragging about American military and intelligence capabilities in a way that is not just unseemly, but clearly has already caused problems and resulted in sensitive information getting out into the public. While this specific instance is not worrying, the pattern holds that Trump - the President of the United States - cannot be trusted with information.