President Obama was not signalling to National Intelligence Director James Clapper that he should curtail what classified information he shares with Donald Trump when he said on Tuesday that some Republican rhetoric about terrorism is dangerous, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday.
“The president was sending a very explicit and direct warning about the danger of that kind of rhetoric,” but was not seeking to influence Clapper, Earnest said.
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