Trump's comments came hours after he claimed that former President Barack Obama shared "classified information"' when he told a podcaster recently that he believed aliens were real.

Based on “tremendous interest shown,” Trump said in a social-media post Thursday night, he will direct the defense secretary and relevant departments to begin the process of releasing government files...

The Prez says he doesn't have an opinion on the existence of extraterrestrial life -- Obama says the size of the universe makes the chances pretty good -- but admits lots of folks believe in aliens.