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applegrove

(118,642 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 06:17 PM Jul 2020

Trump Is Unbriefable

Trump Is Unbriefable

July 6, 2020 at 5:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 55 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/06/what-was-trump-told-by-his-intelligence-briefers/

"SNIP.....

Chris Whipple: “Another question may be as important: How does Trump absorb information? For decades, the president’s daily briefs have sounded early warnings on everything from enemy troop movements to pandemics to terrorist attacks. Yet under Trump, the president’s intelligence briefings have almost completely broken down. His oral briefings, given daily to most presidents, now take place as rarely as once or twice a week. These sessions often turn into monologues in which the president spitballs woolly conspiracy theories from Breitbart, Fox News and hangers-on at Mar-a-Lago, say intelligence officials who are familiar with his briefings. Convinced that the intelligence community is a ‘deep state,’ honeycombed with traitors, the president rarely believes anything the CIA tells him.”

“In short, Trump is unbriefable.”

....SNIP"


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Trump Is Unbriefable (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2020 OP
Nonsense. Just get tucker Carlson to present it. unblock Jul 2020 #1
My new name for trump is, "Ostrichy" pwb Jul 2020 #2
Especially now, when he's in trouble and has decided that being himself, Hortensis Jul 2020 #3
So Is It Boxers Or Diapers?.....nt global1 Jul 2020 #4

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. Especially now, when he's in trouble and has decided that being himself,
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 06:30 PM
Jul 2020

playing to his whackjob base, has been the key to his success and that he gets in trouble when he deviates.

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