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fleur-de-lisa

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27. OMG! I just read this from Benjamin Wittes, who is apparently tweeting Bolton's entire book

Reply to flor-de-jasmim (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:06 PM

Jun 2020

page by page. This makes me feel much better:

"Trump generally had only two intelligence briefings per week, and in most of those, he spoke at greater length than the briefers, often on matters completely unrelated to the subjects at hand."

Good thing he's a moron with the attention span of a drunken gnat.

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He may not have been trusted with the info (otherwise he would already have blabbed). eom flor-de-jasmim Jun 2020 #5

I bet there is a lot of info that a normal president fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #14

What if Putin gives him a shopping list exboyfil Jun 2020 #17

If Dumpus even knows anything that's classified. I don't think the intelligence folks trust him. fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #22

OMG! I just read this from Benjamin Wittes, who is apparently tweeting Bolton's entire book fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #27

He is such a dumb ass that they could have told him well known facts Grammy23 Jun 2020 #7

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You might be right, he could blab the govt quota numbers for the alien/hybrid breeding program Baclava Jun 2020 #21

lol Renew Deal Jun 2020 #23

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That sounds more like a Reagan thing Clash City Rocker Jun 2020 #12

That means he really doesn't know anything and probably asked Jr afterwards Maeve Jun 2020 #11

Ha ha! fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #15

I'm guessing he got his "info" from an old episode of the X-Files Clash City Rocker Jun 2020 #13

He doesn't have the attention span to watch anything for a full hour... Chiyo-chichi Jun 2020 #19

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