Mr Trump made the announcement in a social media post hours after he accused Barack Obama of disclosing “classified information” when the former US president recently suggested in a podcast interview that aliens are real.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he was directing agencies to release files pertaining to “alien and extraterrestrial life.”Trump wrote on Truth Social that “based on the tremendous interest shown,

Trump says he'll release UFO files. Alien bettors on Polymarket have been wagering millions on government confirmation.

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Trump’s remarks come after former President Barack Obama Obama recently suggested in a podcast interview that aliens were real.

The president said he would direct the DOD and other related agencies to “begin the process of identifying and releasing government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life” as well as UFOs.

Trump said he'd direct agencies to begin sourcing and "releasing government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life."

No, Barack Obama did not just reveal the existence of E.T. As The Daily Beast’s (self-appointed) UFO beat reporter, I took special notice when the former president declared that “aliens are real” during an interview with podcaster and political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen.