The White
House is looking into how embarrassing details of President Donald Trump's
recent tense phone conversations with his counterparts in Australia and Mexico
were leaked to news organizations, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on
Fox News Channel.
"The
president takes these leaks very seriously," Spicer said in an interview
with Fox News Channel, which on Friday provided a transcript of a segment set
to air on Saturday.
Trump cut
short a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after an
acrimonious discussion about a refugee swap deal, a conversation that
threatened ties between the two allies after details appeared in The Washington
Post.
In an
earlier call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about paying for a wall
on the southern U.S. border, Trump said he might send the U.S. military to
Mexico to stop drug cartels - details from a transcript obtained by a Mexican
news organization Aristegui Noticias and the Associated Press. The White House
later said the comments were meant to be lighthearted.
"That’s
troubling and I think the president has asked the team to look into this
because those are very serious implications," Spicer said.
Spicer
described the conversations as "candid" but respectful, and has noted
that both the Australian and Mexican governments have disputed some of the
details.
White House
officials did not respond to requests for comment on the investigation into the
leaks.
Trump told
politicians and faith leaders at a prayer breakfast that he was having difficult
conversations with world leaders as he worked to overhaul immigration rules.
"Believe
me, when you hear about the tough phone calls I'm having - don't worry about
it. Just don't worry about it," Trump told the leaders.
(Yahoo News)
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