You have a fair point. Anything about Trump is tabloid gold. However, everything I know about Trump is consistent with the idea that he'd be careless enough not

You have a fair point. Anything about Trump is tabloid gold. However, everything I know about Trump is consistent with the idea that he'd be careless enough not to keep proper security protocol with his phone. And given that drip of leaks we get about this administration, it is entirely plausible someone spoke to the press about information they received that his phone actually was compromised.