Trump's 'outdoor Situation Room'

Afp, Washington

Social media posts of Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe huddling with aides in a public dining room after North Korea's missile test raised questions Monday about his administration's handling of sensitive information.

The conversation -- which would ordinarily take place behind closed doors and be classified -- was captured on camera from close range by a member of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida on Saturday.

Facebook user Richard DeAgazio posted pictures of Trump huddling with aides and Abe, and taking calls. One caption of the now removed posts read: "The President receiving the news about the Missile incident from North Korea on Japan with the Prime Minister sitting next to him."

When the president is away from the White House, many crisis conversations take place in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility -- or SCIF. The facilities are normally out-of-bounds for individuals without security clearance and common digital devises such as unsecured mobile phones.

The White House said that Trump was briefed in such a room "prior to dinner" and that no sensitive information was shared at the table.