Trump turning away intelligence briefers since election win

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Source: Trump turning away intelligence briefers since




By Greg Miller and Adam Entous November 23 at 6:22 PM

President-elect Donald Trump has received two classified intelligence briefings since his surprise election victory earlier this month, a frequency that is notably lower at least so far than that of his predecessors, current and former U.S. officials said.

A team of intelligence analysts has been prepared to deliver daily briefings on global developments and security threats to Trump in the two weeks since he won. Vice President-elect Mike Pence, by contrast, has set aside time for intelligence briefings almost every day since the election, officials said.

Officials involved in the Trump transition team cautioned against assigning any significance to the briefing schedule that the president-elect has set so far, noting that he has been immersed in the work of forming his administration, and has made filling key national security posts his top priority.

But others have interpreted Trumps limited engagement with his briefing team as an additional sign of indifference from a president-elect who has no meaningful experience on national security issues and was dismissive of U.S. intelligence agencies capabilities and findings during the campaign.......................


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Trump has recieved just 2 classified briefings since the election Pence has received them nearly every day:

[OKNancy]

1. please fix your title and links

[MFM008]

2. Something bad is going to happen

Like 9-11. 2001 bad.

[DK504]

19. yeah

That's one of the feelings of dread I have since 8 Nov. Everyday it's a new punch in the gut to America. That sick feeling won't go away.

[Amimnoch]

3. So, I guess it's now proven

Trump repels intelligence.

[JHan]

28. badum TSHHH

[Mike Niendorff]

4. To put it another way :

Out of 14 possible briefings since election day :

Trump has attended 2.
Trump has skipped 12.

MDN

[CottonBear]

5. He is incapable of listening and critical analysis.

He's spending all of his time tweeting and making business deals. And he's already on vacation.

[Duppers]

9. Exactly!

The last SNL skit pegged him.

[Mc Mike]

6. Don't worry, he's getting briefings from Putin's people.

[Ford_Prefect]

7. Plausible deniability takes a new form? Or has Semi-President Pence begun his reign?

Simpleton's division of labor?

[geomon666]

15. Oh we're definitely under President Pence right now.

Remember, Donald Trump is only here to "Make America Great Again". Everything else is Pence's job.

[left-of-center2012]

17. Trump isn't interested

Trump tried to get Ohio Governor Kasich to support him and be the Vice President, saying Kasich would be in charge of domestic and foreign affairs while Trump would stay busy “making America great again”.

[Duppers]

8. Not sure if he could digest the info once told.

He's indifferent to detailed facts.

Why bother his little "beautiful mind" as in the Barbara Bush tradition.

[DK504]

21. This guy is a moron

He doesn't understand any the content of or depth of what he is being told.

[Vinca]

10. Trump is going to be playing the part of POTUS. Pence is the POTUS.

As soon as they can get Trump out of there, the GOP will have the religious zealot they long for in the office.

[n2doc]

11. Yep. Like W- Cheney, but more extreme

tRump will sit in his glorious office (when he feels like it) and entertain. The real decisions will be made by Pence, Paul Ryan, and Mitch.

[dawnie51]

12. He is unable......

that is why he wants one of his kids in the room at all times, usually the daughter. He is functionally illiterate; he is unable to process, doesn't understand, doesn't want to understand. He has to have things explained to him like a child, in private. This guy has the mental capacity of a gnat and the temperament of a gangster. What could go wrong?

[smirkymonkey]

24. This!

[Little Tich]

13. I'm not impressed - actually, I'm a bit scared. n/t

[lark]

14. Just shows who's really in charge of government.

drumpf is in charge of destruction of government and promotion of drumpf inc and russia, everything else, the direction of the destruction is left to Pence. That's why impeaching drumpf isn't enough, we need to get the theft outted and stopped now!

[They_Live]

16. His willful ignorance puts our country at risk,

and all of us at risk. He is jeopardizing our safety...already.

[3catwoman3]

29. Thanks to the equally willful...

...ignorance of those who voted for this woefully inept egomaniacal narcissist.

[left-of-center2012]

18. In Trump's defense ...

When any international (or domestic?) emergency comes up,
Trump will have his children tell him how to handle it.

[ExtraGriz]

20. probably paranoid the intel...

has info on him re: his ties to russia and asking them to hack the democratic party.

[NickB79]

22. Intelligence? We don't need no stinking intelligence!

Trump's here to make America great again!

[Turbineguy]

23. Man, that secret stuff is some heavy shit!

[rocktivity]

25. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award

You'd think he'd be downright allergic to intelligence.


rocktivity

[pangaia]

26. What is really scary is that Trumo is not getting those briefings, or that he were getting them.

OR that Pense is getting them,.

[pangaia]

27. What is really scary is that Trumo is nor getting those briefings, or that he were getting them,.

OR
What is really scary is that Pense is getting them,.

[PoorMonger]

30. Unsurprising

Really - this is what Kasich said about Trump. That he offered the real Presidency up on a platter. It's what Pence heard and liked enough to gamble on. Trump doesn't intend to actually do the job in as far as it's like an actual job. He just wants to keep running his own businesses and enjoy the perks of FEELING important. It's one of the things he's actually honest about ( if you catch him at the right moment) everything to him is based on perception and not reality. The perception is that he's the most powerful leader on the planet. The reality is that Pence will be doing the big stuff.

[SummerSnow]

31. He doesn't need it. He said he knew more than them .

[Bradical79]

32. Trump's lack of intellegence

combined with our reckless military spending are going to cost a lot of lives.