Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE is now one step closer to receiving top secret intelligence briefings given to presidential candidates, after formally becoming the Republican nominee on Thursday.

But the briefings only begin after all candidates are nominated, a senior U.S. intelligence official told The Hill on Friday, meaning Trump must wait for Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE to officially become the Democratic nominee.

The Democratic National Convention begins on Monday and wraps on Thursday.

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Both nominees will receive the same intelligence briefings about threats from around the world.

It will be the first time that Trump, a businessman who has never served in government, will receive government intelligence briefings.

There have been plenty of foreign crises in recent weeks, including an attempted military coup in Turkey, a terrorist attack in Nice, France by a lone wolf attacker, and more recently, North Korea launching three missiles.

Trump's foreign policy views have also sparked controversy and political watchers will be looking closely to see if and how the briefings change his views.

Trump on Wednesday cast doubt over whether he would come to the aid of NATO allies if they were attacked, the core promise at the heart of the alliance.

He also questioned the need to have U.S. troops forward deployed to bases around the world, even in South Korea, where they enforce a ceasefire with North Korea.

"So we’ve kept peace, but in the meantime we’ve let North Korea get stronger and stronger and more nuclear and more nuclear, and you are really saying, 'Well, how is that a good thing?' You understand? North Korea now is almost like a boiler," he said in an interview with The New York Times.

Some current and former spies expressed concern earlier this year about Trump receiving intelligence briefings and leaking that material.

“It’s not an unreasonable concern that he’ll talk publicly about what’s supposed to stay in that room,” a former senior intelligence official told The Daily Beast in May.

"People are very nervous," another senior U.S. security official told Reuters in June.

But some current and former officials also expressed concern over briefing Clinton, due to her handling of classified information when she was secretary of State and used personal email to conduct official work.

The Department of Justice declined to file charges against Clinton after a probe into her handling of classified information.

The briefings the candidates receive will consist of a pared-down version of the President's Daily Brief. But how much information nominees get are ultimately up to the president, according to The Daily Beast.