Walid Phares, GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump's foreign policy adviser, said Trump is being briefed on national security and is "sensitive despite not coming from U.S. intelligence." | Getty Foreign policy adviser: Trump 'has acted impeccably as a statesman'

Those concerned about Donald Trump getting briefed on matters of national security and intelligence need not fret, according to the presumptive Republican nominee's top foreign policy adviser.

"With regard to Mr. Trump receiving national security briefings and talking about them, this is impossible," Walid Phares said in an interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation published Monday night.


Phares, who also advised Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign on foreign policy, said Trump "has reached a point where he has already received a huge amount of information from his own experts which he knows is sensitive despite not coming from U.S. intelligence."

"Mr. Trump is extremely careful and he has always been responsible with what we have told him," Phares continued. "He controls information perfectly, which is how he was able to build a company with a global footprint. In the time that I have advised him on sensitive geopolitical matters, I have never heard Mr. Trump mention things in public that he should not. From my own experience, Mr. Trump will act as a statesman."

Pressed on whether, to the best of his knowledge, Trump has communicated that he understands the private information being relayed to him is not to be discussed in public, such as at a campaign rally or in a speech or interview, Phares affirmed that is the case.

"He has acted impeccably as a statesman, as someone who understands nuance," Phares said. "He asks many informed questions. He wants to understand the issues in detail and recognizes that he is dealing with sensitive matters."