Source: USA Today
“President Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of disclosing classified information in comments the former president made recently about aliens, then acknowledged hours later the ‘tremendous interest’ in the topic and said he was ordering the government to release more information. ‘He gave classified information, he’s not supposed to be doing that,’ Trump told reporters Feb. 19 aboard Air Force One, adding Obama’s comments were a ‘big mistake.’ Podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama if aliens are real in an interview published Feb. 14 and the former president replied: ‘They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.'” (02/19/26)