we'll try harder and make it tougher for you to figure it out the next time. >> reporter: trump talked about sensitive intelligence before at inopportune moments. in may of 2017 the president was criticized for inviting top russian officials into the oval office. and then allegedly telling them about intelligence the u.s. got from another country about isis plots. trump defended his comments but gave away even more information with his answer. >> just so you understand, i never mentioned the word or the name israel. >> reporter: but weeks before that in a phone call with the president of the philippines trump divulged that two u.s. nuclear submarines were near the korean peninsula. according to a philippines government transcript of the conversation leaked to the intercept. former spies say the president's tendency to brag about his intelligence could make u.s. officials as well as overseas partners reluctant to share important secrets with him. >> if the next time you have