Donald Trump is under fire for sharing what many are alleging is classified information with Russian diplomats. Naturally, the morning after such a story breaks, Donald Trump opened up his Twitter app and decided to defend himself.

As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017

…to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2017

To his credit, Trump’s tweets don’t discredit what others at the White House have been saying this time. There has been no outright denial that Trump shared information with the Russian diplomats visiting the White House.

Instead, the denials seem to stem from a charge not directly stated by the Post’s story: that Trump revealed informants/sources to the Russians. This would be the greater outrage as such a disclosure to a government that, let’s face it, isn’t our bestest friend, puts sources like that at great risk.

It will be interesting how the White House plays the story today.