...Trump skips president's written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings
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Source: The Washington Post
Breaking with tradition, Trump skips presidents written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings
By Carol D. Leonnig, Shane Harris and Greg Jaffe February 9 at 10:02 AM
For much of the past year, President Trump has declined to participate in a practice followed by the past seven of his predecessors: He rarely if ever reads the Presidents Daily Brief, a document that lays out the most pressing information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies from hot spots around the world.
Trump has opted to rely on an oral briefing of select intelligence issues in the Oval Office rather than getting the full written document delivered to review separately each day, according to three people familiar with his briefings.
Reading the traditionally dense intelligence book is not Trumps preferred style of learning, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
The arrangement underscores Trumps impatience with exhaustive classified documents that go to the commander in chief material that he has said he prefers condensed as much as possible. But by not reading the daily briefing, the president could hamper his ability to respond to crises in the most effective manner, intelligence experts warned.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/breaking-with-tradition-trump-skips-presidents-written-intelligence-report-for-oral-briefings/2018/02/09/b7ba569e-0c52-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?utm_term=.e222e2d2f7fd&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--al
FailureToCommunicate
(14,027 posts)niyad
(113,638 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,447 posts)His soul is shriveled and lives in darkness. He feeds on ignorance, criminality, and cruelty. He's done this to himself.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,027 posts)with the certain EXCEPTION of that evil, orange mussolini.
Ligyron
(7,640 posts)Perfect!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,027 posts)PJMcK
(22,059 posts)Trump has the best brain. He's, like, a really smart person. He doesn't need to read because he already knows everything. Just ask him.
mpcamb
(2,878 posts)erronis
(15,390 posts)Ooooh. I love using that word - so few chances otherwise.
I would suggest that the abbreviated, vetted, daily briefing just be interspersed in smaller font so as to not distract the poor dotard. Maybe even subliminally.
I'm sure the fux news organization wouldn't tamper with the contents of the briefing, especially after it had been blessed by vlad.
PoorMonger
(844 posts)Its taken him a week to get through that big intimidating 10 page memo that those big brain Dems sent over.
trusty elf
(7,403 posts)yonder
(9,683 posts)My favourite: the rolled up Forbes magazine in Sarah's left hand. Just don't try to imagine what she may be aiming to do with it. All funny in a black humour way, being as how hopeless I've felt the last year.
A president who chooses not to read, what could go wrong? Never required to think or work too hard while everything was/is handed to him -- what a coddled ass. I just can't shake the feeling that we're toast.
LeftInTX
(25,645 posts)Thanks for pointing this out. Haven't had my cofeve yet....
I like the two vultures outside.
I can't make out who are in the framed photos.
yonder
(9,683 posts)Vultures make more sense, though. And the photo on the right? Ivanka? Ugh!
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)The Shithole has no ability to read nor any intelligence.
mac56
(17,575 posts)underpants
(182,957 posts)W at least did read them except for the HEY DUMBASS WE'RE ABOUT TO GET ATTACKED!!! One.
keithbvadu2
(36,970 posts)When the 3:00am call comes in, Donald will already be awake.
But he will be too busy tweeting to answer the phone.
Rhiannon12866
(206,332 posts)Volaris
(10,275 posts)Who promptly saw the perfect opportunity to re-patriate Shock Doctrine.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)this.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,392 posts)person to get his attention has said. And to contradicting himself so often. It's no way to run a company, let alone a country. Even if he wasn't such a vindictive and narcissistic SoB, he'd be a disaster as president.
3catwoman3
(24,077 posts)Ignorance is bad enough. Willful ignorance coupled with arrogance is dangerous.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)So it's perfect.
yonder
(9,683 posts)hedda_foil
(16,376 posts)getagrip_already
(14,907 posts)Really. Get rid of him. Impeach, lather, repeat.
iluvtennis
(19,883 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)President Obama puts this idiot to shame in every way.
catbyte
(34,497 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I take back all those jokes I made about George W. Bush's intellect for eight years...
By comparison, Bush is a Rhodes Scholar
steve2470
(37,457 posts)pandr32
(11,635 posts)By contrast, he is an intellectual.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Well..maybe he was re: Sadam.
erronis
(15,390 posts)LisaM
(27,846 posts)Remember how he was very proud of his so-called ability to make quick, snap decisions, rather than thinking about it and making measured ones?
He also took the whole month of August 2011 off. How he was essentially given a pass on 9/11 still baffles me.
rurallib
(62,468 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Oooooh Noooooo!
pandr32
(11,635 posts)...and has no business in the Oval Office. I guess reading off a teleprompter is one thing--he doesn't have to have any real comprehension and is little more than a trained monkey.
No way has he the concentration and comprehension to read briefings. He can pretend to listen to oral ones while thinking of Gawd knows what! I'd hate to know what is in his so-called mind at any given time.
IronLionZion
(45,579 posts)If he can't read the briefings then he should stay out of all crises and let others handle it.
Gothmog
(145,718 posts)rurallib
(62,468 posts)If Trump-dump won't read them how would anyone ever know if the briefer read the material either. Maybe he o she just gets it from Fox also if they even bother to learn anything themselves.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,111 posts)if it's a requirement of our female cadets to get a brazilian before they enlist.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)and I have a feeling he can't remember what he was told by his aides past a few hours.
livetohike
(22,165 posts)who was all there.
Enoki33
(1,588 posts)Weed Man
(304 posts)"Will you force Pence to resign then kill yourself?" questions
On a daily basis.
Trump, by osmosis, will figure it out and get the job done.
By then, Paul Ryan won't have the Speaker position because he'll be long gone.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)knew better than to take a test that would prove what an moron he is!
MBS
(9,688 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,111 posts)what about all those piles and piles of paperwork he was BRAGGING about on his desk during a posed photo shoot?
Fucking idiot PGIC
Butterflylady
(3,553 posts)How did he ever get thru college? Oh yeah, daddy must have paid them a good amount to get that diploma. In any case, they owe him a refund.
SujiwanKenobee
(290 posts)I wonder if he might have dyslexia or something along certain lines that led him to so dislike anything to do with reading. Part of his anti-intellectual thing may be an emotional cover for his inability to master more than rudimentary skills and rely on "street smarts' instead. then he would denigrate those who excelled at what he could not do.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Everyone who works with him says that he can only focus on something for a few minutes.
This is aside and separate from his narcissistic personality disorder.
Hassler
(3,393 posts)When even the Cliff Notes are too long, there's a paid flunky to read them to you.
Volaris
(10,275 posts)Menken(sp?) was right. The 'people' got their way and so now there's a downright moron in the White House.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)"I like bullets or as little as possible".
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)He seems to watch and listen to what those fake news spreaders say.