He said. “An odd thing is happening. They should notify the public, but for some reason they don’t want to.
The White House quickly reacted to Trump’s comments, with national security spokesman John Kirby telling reporters over the phone that the US administration was not hiding important material from the public.
“We are making a very good faith effort to be as open and direct with all of you and with the American people.
As we can and that will continue,” he said. “There’s absolutely no effort to be anything other than as upfront as we can be.”
“I recognize that some of the criticism over the last few days has been that we … haven’t said more of what we know,” Kirby said.