Donald Trump has dug-up comments from then-national security adviser General H.R. McMaster defending his 2017 conversation with Russian officials that are claimed to have alerted officials.

In response to reports of him allegedly forgiving Russia for interfering in the 2016 US election, Trump shared an old post where McMaster claimed the conversation he had was 'wholly appropriate' on Twitter.

'Thank you to General McMaster. Just more Fake News!' the tweet on Friday read, in a bizarre response to the new allegations not publicly reported on at the time of McMaster's comment. Trump did not confirm nor deny any of the recent allegations.

It was claimed that his comments had alarmed White House officials and were made during the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, the Washington Post reports.

It was the same infamous gathering where Trump revealed highly classified information exposing an intelligence source on ISIS. He also mentioned how relieved he was to have fired FBI Director James B. Comey the previous day.

His comments about Russia's interference and the US's interference in other countries, which haven't been reported before, panicked officials into keeping the memorandum limited to just a few officials with the highest security clearances - an attempt to stop them being leaked, sources claim.

President Donald Trump was alleged to have told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that he was not concerned by the Russian interference in the 2016 election that got him elected. The conversation happened in 2017

Trump posed for photographs with Lavrov and Kislyak (left) in what he would later describe to be a 'very successful meeting' in 2017. Prior to their communication he was warned by a top US intelligence adviser not to trust Russia and that President Vladimir Putin (right) was allegedly responsible for an operation to interfere in the US election

Donald Trump has dug-up comments from then-national security adviser General H.R. McMaster (pictured) defending his 2017 conversation with Russian officials that are claimed to have alerted officials

How the White House classifies of records related Trump's communications with foreign officials has come under scrutiny this week, as information about emerged that would lead to the launch of the impeachment inquiry launched.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the announcement on Tuesday, shortly after details of Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky came to light.

It's alleged that Trump withheld military funds from the nation prior to the call, where he would ask for a favor from Ukraine in July.

Notes from that conversation appeared to show the President asking his foreign counterpart to look into claims about Joe Biden's son Hunter and his involvement on the board of a gas firm that was under investigation for tax evasion and money laundering.

House Democrats have alleged that if this move was deliberate that it could be seen as an attempt to interfere in a future election as well as jeopardizing national security.

It's been claimed that records of Trump's correspondences have been placed into a classified system for only the most sensitive of intelligence information for a long time, according to a source from the intelligence community.

It is not clear whether a memo from the meeting between Lavrov, Kislyak and Trump was placed into that same system, but sources told the Post that information about this specific incident was restricted to a very small number of people.

Access to records of Trumps conversations started to be limited to a select few after he made remarks to the leaders of Mexico and Australia that later found their way into news reports.

According to the source, the conversation with the Russians was limited to an even smaller number of people than they had witnessed with other reports.

One of the former officials said: 'It was more about learning how can we restrict this in a way that still informs the policy process and the principals who need to engage with these heads of state.'

The classification of top secret records of Trump's correspondence with foreign officials came under scrutiny this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right) launched an impeachment inquiry into the behavior of Trump during a conversation with the Ukrainian President

Trump pictured alongside Lavror (left) and Kislyak (right) from their May 10, 2017 meeting

After the meeting, several of the officials were distressed by Trump's remarks about the 2016 election as it gave the impression he was forgiving Russia for interfering and ultimately making him president.

They also were concerned that his words appeared to encourage Russia to meddle in other nations' elections too.

Shortly before the meeting with Russia, Trump fired Comey amid his FBI probe into whether the president colluded with the nation.

Previously Trump had publicly mocked the investigation and stated that he didn't believe Moscow had intervened in the 2016 election.

By the time the meeting took place, he had been briefed by senior intelligence officials that an operation was launched by Russia and that it was directed by President Vladimir Putin.

He was told that Russia stole and then published Democratic emails, and then through social media also planted propaganda, according to the US intelligence community.

Trump's decision to fire Comey from the FBI investigation team was believed to be an attempt to halt further progress.

That same month the New York Times reported that Trump stated his relief that Comey had been dismissed.

Days before the meeting with Russia, Trump fire James Comey (left) who was the head of an FBI probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. By this point Trump had been briefed by top security officials that Putin coordinated an effort to help him win the election. Those who warned him included then-national security adviser H.R. McMaster (right)

Trump is alleged to have told Lavrov that he would have liked to form a good relationship with Russia but he couldn't due to the press

Trump also allegedly explained to Lavrov that 'all this Russia stuff' was detrimental to the US being on better terms with them.

'I could have a great relationship with you guys, but you know, our press,' the official said, in a characterization of Trump's remarks.

H.R. McMaster had allegedly told Trump not to trust Russia on multiple occasions, the official added.

During the meeting Trump also allegedly tried to explain to Russia that their animosity and aggression toward's the Ukraine was not good.

One former official said: 'What was difficult to understand was how they got a free pass on a lot of things. He was just very accommodating to them.'

'He was always defensive of Russia,' even in private, one former official claimed. 'He thought the whole interference thing was ridiculous. He never bought into it.'