From pandering to Putin, abusing allies, ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm staff

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5. This is a major report. Many new details.

The calls with Putin and Erdogan were particularly egregious in terms of Trump almost never being prepared substantively and thus leaving him susceptible to being taken advantage of in various ways, according to the sources -- in part because those conversations (as with most heads of state), were almost certainly recorded by the security services and other agencies of their countries.