When asked by a local Florida reporter about photos taken during the dinner that appeared to show Trump and Abe being briefed on the incident in front of Mar-a-Lago members, Spicer replied that the leaders "were only talking about the logistics of the press conference" in those photos.
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Sean Spicer addresses Mar-a-Lago photos, says Trump was briefed in secure location before dinner with Abe
Sean Spicer said that Trump was briefed in a secure location about North Korea's recent missile test before he had dinner with Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday.
"HOLY MOLY !!!" the member, Richard DeAgazio, wrote in a caption for the photo album. "It was fascinating to watch the flurry of activity at dinner when the news came that North Korea had launched a missile in the direction of Japan. The Prime Minister Abe of Japan huddles with his staff and the president is on the phone with Washington DC. The two world leaders then conferred and then went into another room for hastily arranged press conference. Wow.....the center of the action!!!"
The photos irked national security experts, however, who felt it sent a damaging signal to foreign countries about Trump's approach to sensitive national security issues.
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