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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:16 PM Jul 2020

Trump Throws A Fit Whenever His National Security Briefers Even Mention Russia

From the article:

It’s well documented that Donald Trump rarely or never reads his President’s Daily Brief (PDB), which – as Natasha Bertrand of Politico pointed out on Thursday – consists of about a dozen different articles per day covering various hotspots and national security threats the president should be aware of.

But according to Bertrand, Trump can’t even get through his verbal briefings without going off on tangents – especially if the briefer brings up Russia.
“His intelligence briefers have essentially internalized this notion that if you bring up Russia around him, he’s just going to explode,” Bertrand said during an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber. “He doesn’t want to hear anything about Russia.”


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https://www.politicususa.com/2020/07/02/trump-throws-a-fit-whenever-his-national-security-briefers-even-mention-russia.html
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Trump Throws A Fit Whenever His National Security Briefers Even Mention Russia (Original Post) guillaumeb Jul 2020 OP
Wonder why? OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #1
Trump fears Putin's anger. eom guillaumeb Jul 2020 #2
Long distance... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #3
The "My pilow" is an excellent touch to the picture. guillaumeb Jul 2020 #5
Cockroaches hate daylight dalton99a Jul 2020 #4
Jeezus RT Atlanta Jul 2020 #6
Trump is appointing a record number of far right Judges to Federal Courts. guillaumeb Jul 2020 #8
Yup. Mitch and the other House and Senate Republicans would eat shards of glass cstanleytech Jul 2020 #23
The Guilty Flee When No Man Pursueth nt smb Jul 2020 #13
They automatically & completely dismiss news stories like that as "fake news". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #16
Tough shit, do your job! If you are too cowardly to do your job, then quit. GemDigger Jul 2020 #7
Everyone in the GOP, and his Administration, are complicit. eom guillaumeb Jul 2020 #9
Administration AND the entire GOP minus Romney (for now at least) eom GemDigger Jul 2020 #14
He can't quit. Too much money involved.. ananda Jul 2020 #20
My current complaint is for the cowardly people who should be telling him GemDigger Jul 2020 #21
Donald does not use nicknames so much now - probably forgot most of them. keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #10
Trump's special name for Putin is.... guillaumeb Jul 2020 #11
This! colorado_ufo Jul 2020 #19
Wonder why? cayugafalls Jul 2020 #12
Very nice. guillaumeb Jul 2020 #15
I wish someone would tweet that at him. Tipperary Jul 2020 #17
I'll see if I can oblige. But he won't read my tweet...lol cayugafalls Jul 2020 #18
Then they should keep talking about Russia Ohioboy Jul 2020 #22
Agreed. And Biden should speak about it every day. guillaumeb Jul 2020 #24

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
3. Long distance...
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:22 PM
Jul 2020

Long distance relationships can be very difficult since the required intimacy cannot be consummated properly.

Hence, the frustration and anger represent that annoying fact and he would then tend to go off on compulsive tangents in his mind about Putin, wine, dinner, cuddling and much more that won't be addressed here.

Bringing up Russia is just teasing him, then.

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)
6. Jeezus
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:25 PM
Jul 2020

That type of reaction is so fucking dark, sad and just plain weird.

Why is that reaction and position acceptable to republicans?

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
8. Trump is appointing a record number of far right Judges to Federal Courts.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:32 PM
Jul 2020

That, and the tax cuts are what the GOP really wants.

cstanleytech

(26,291 posts)
23. Yup. Mitch and the other House and Senate Republicans would eat shards of glass
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:16 PM
Jul 2020

if they had to just to get Trump to appoint as many right wing judges as they can stack the courts with.
In fact I would not even be surprised if they would be willing to either engage directly in or indirectly in an outright act of treason if it meant being able to stack the courts.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
7. Tough shit, do your job! If you are too cowardly to do your job, then quit.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:25 PM
Jul 2020

His people are showing themselves to be more harm to this country than he is by deciding which they should tell him. Tell him ALL OF IT or gtfo!

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
21. My current complaint is for the cowardly people who should be telling him
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 03:45 PM
Jul 2020

what's going on and are afraid of the fallout. What I want him to do is jump off his precious tower roof.

keithbvadu2

(36,793 posts)
10. Donald does not use nicknames so much now - probably forgot most of them.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 01:37 PM
Jul 2020

Donald does not use nicknames so much now - probably forgot most of them.

Vlad has no nasty little nickname from his pal Donald

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
18. I'll see if I can oblige. But he won't read my tweet...lol
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 02:20 PM
Jul 2020

Maybe he will though, I am sure it would make his day!

Ohioboy

(3,241 posts)
22. Then they should keep talking about Russia
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:16 PM
Jul 2020

and go full public with the fact that Trump can't handle it. Out this idiot!

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
24. Agreed. And Biden should speak about it every day.
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 04:33 PM
Jul 2020

As well as speaking about Trump's failure to deal with the COVID19 issue

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