Concerning the recent reports about conversations that President Trump (US) had with President Zelensky (Ukraine), I only observe that if the conversations between presidents and their diplomats do not in general remain private, diplomacy is going to become impossible. Tricky conversations do not go well in the full light of day, as we in the UK should know only too well.
So while, for various reasons, it may well be appropriate for such conversations to be recorded, those records should not generally become public records. And in the event that they do, for domestic reasons, a country should only release its side of such conversations. And if, given that if I talk to you in private, I have a right to expect that what I say remains private, whatever you might do with what you say, any such release of what you said should be edited so as to respect that privacy, preferably by mutual agreement. So there.
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