In fairness, I do read that as there is a process that is supposed to happen but the president does have pretty wide discretion.Lol
Wrong wrong wrong again lmao
"there is a process for doing that, according to Ali. It includes communicating with the Cabinet or agency head from which the information originated to ensure that declassifying it poses no risk to national security."
That said, he does need to actually officially declassify something for it to be declassified.