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The evidence will continue to leak out empedocles Jun 2020 #1
I'd be shocked if he reads them at all, even if they are all pictures Renew Deal Jun 2020 #2
Not reading reports is a sign of incompetence and negligeance. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #8
Is the report delivered verbally? Renew Deal Jun 2020 #10
If so, why didn't his handlers read it to him? Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #18
He was busy Renew Deal Jun 2020 #21
Scheduling golf. NCjack Jun 2020 #26
They most likely did. RVN VET71 Jun 2020 #36
he's been known to skip over daily security briefings mnmoderatedem Jun 2020 #23
NBC News reported last year that Trump does not read the Daily Briefs. Lonestarblue Jun 2020 #28
Im fairly certain the only genre Trump reads at all... jcgoldie Jun 2020 #59
That have been scanned, 2naSalit Jun 2020 #70
Republicans can never tell me how much they . . Iliyah Jun 2020 #3
"WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF." Botany Jun 2020 #4
Should be end of his presidency malaise Jun 2020 #9
Reminds Me Of Bush's PDB DallasNE Jun 2020 #82
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #94
Personally, I think the GOP has had enough... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #5
They will dump him and wnylib Jun 2020 #27
Yep. Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #45
Lindsey's golfing with him today. CrispyQ Jun 2020 #79
Well, you know he's got more important things to do during a briefing tanyev Jun 2020 #6
Well Trumps lie lasted long sunonmars Jun 2020 #7
LOL Mike 03 Jun 2020 #12
not listening when briefed handmade34 Jun 2020 #11
Not reading when it is part of the job is not an excuse for not knowing. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #25
Drip, drip, drip...Trump will deny, then another "deep state" source will come forward and expose sop Jun 2020 #13
Of course it was. He knew. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #14
I would say that GOP types on INTEL knew. Democrats have not received briefings...but Collins and Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #33
Well I meant specifically the White House and top brass SoonerPride Jun 2020 #38
Trumps denials and lying not working now, duforsure Jun 2020 #15
Among his many impeachable offenses chriscan64 Jun 2020 #16
Don't give him that out. He would have been briefed verbally and presented with options...none of Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #35
I believe that he was briefed verbally and presented options. chriscan64 Jun 2020 #37
You want to see HOW he should have reacted. Tell him their is a BOUNTY on Ivanka's head...... usaf-vet Jun 2020 #81
Teflon Don the Con. What does it take that this is OK???????? It's treason. Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #17
I am so discouraged True Blue American Jun 2020 #19
Trump possibly didn't read it, which in itself is horrible. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #20
bullshit. this was presented to Trump...he knew and chose to do noting. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #31
I'd keep pressing him with questions of what... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #32
Chump needs to disinvite Putin to the G7 meeting - if nothing else! FakeNoose Jun 2020 #22
Would other G7 members refuse wnylib Jun 2020 #34
Good point FakeNoose Jun 2020 #93
I think that foreign leaders could wnylib Jun 2020 #95
Then Trump was clearly told. C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #24
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it make a noise? Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #29
And nothing is done, due to the cowardness of the Republican senators. NCjack Jun 2020 #30
Who else would have been briefed wnylib Jun 2020 #39
Intelligence briefs are given to him verbally because he won't/can't read. Texin Jun 2020 #40
"Ignorantia juris non excusat" or "ignorantia legis neminem excusat" sop Jun 2020 #41
Then Trump is safe from criticism. MrModerate Jun 2020 #42
But was it in the first paragraphs, with ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2020 #43
Well, those American spies are probably now dead. ffr Jun 2020 #44
The breakdown in communication here seems to be that the IC and WH staff... Volaris Jun 2020 #46
Report on Trump's terribleness, but save something. Wait for him to lie. Then report the something. gulliver Jun 2020 #47
I doubt he has ever read a brief or even has the ability to read them. SweetieD Jun 2020 #48
Of course he hasn't read one. wnylib Jun 2020 #55
Trump is good at controlling the narrative, gab13by13 Jun 2020 #49
Aren't these the people that prepare that daily report? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #50
So he got the DNI to lie for him? renate Jun 2020 #76
Well now we know, as if we didn't know before that vlyons Jun 2020 #51
Well, if they didn't lay out the story in Ilsa Jun 2020 #52
SchoolHouse Rock? nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #72
This? soothsayer Jun 2020 #74
What are the odds Pence knew, too? dlk Jun 2020 #53
Odds are high. But Pence will be very quiet on this yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #73
You're exactly right dlk Jun 2020 #75
None of us know if he actually paid attention to the briefing, but that's beside the point. There dameatball Jun 2020 #54
He doesn't read the PDB. nt doc03 Jun 2020 #56
The fact that this is months old coupled with the silence of the reThuglicans is sickening. What c-rational Jun 2020 #57
The Con is too busy whining about how unfair everyone is to him, to bother reading the PDB. CrispyQ Jun 2020 #58
That tweet is spot on... and then I noticed the date renate Jun 2020 #77
We need a scandal of the day calendar and lies per hour tracker. CrispyQ Jun 2020 #78
Lindsey, Barr and McConnell will fix it! mfcorey1 Jun 2020 #60
WHY, OH WHY? louzke9 Jun 2020 #61
K&R demmiblue Jun 2020 #62
This is UNFORGIVEABLE. Commander In Chief, yeah right (...sarcasm...). nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #63
Doubt he'll be president on Election Day. Pence may have a shot at shortest term since Harrison. nt Cognitive_Resonance Jun 2020 #64
Why isn't every Democratic leader and member screaming for his resignation? Pepsidog Jun 2020 #65
if you never want trump to know something mercuryblues Jun 2020 #66
It should be fun watching lying snake McEnany explain this Yeehah Jun 2020 #67
I want to see Putin in a body bag for this. roamer65 Jun 2020 #68
Kick dalton99a Jun 2020 #69
That's just Trump... benpollard Jun 2020 #71
He was given the responsibility of president, but devoted all his time to airing grievances, Doodley Jun 2020 #80
Vindeman's revenge SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #83
RT! TY! And, there it is! Cha Jun 2020 #84
So they found the best way to hide it from him. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #85
He was too busy with Fox and Friends and rw conspiracies to pay attention to daily briefings wishstar Jun 2020 #86
So when another country pays someone to kill our soldiers Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #87
But user DetlefK told us not to believe it! linda52 Jun 2020 #88
"Why did you put it in the Daily Briefing? You know I never read that! struggle4progress Jun 2020 #89
I imagine the first meeting between President Biden and Putin. Blue_true Jun 2020 #90
"Bin Laden determined to strike in US" another PDB ignored and Bush never answered for that. joanbarnes Jun 2020 #91
GOP "Presidents" seem to have all kinds of difficulty with the PDB. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2020 #92
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