Trump Has Nearly Eliminated Intelligence Briefings From His Schedule Entirely

[Nevilledog]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-intel-briefings-gone_n_5f32f2b9c5b6fc009a5e72e3

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s interest in taking intelligence briefings has been declining steadily since his first months in office and has dropped to near zero in recent weeks, according to a HuffPost review of all of his daily schedules.

Trump went from a high of 4.1 briefings per week on average in March 2017 to 0.7 per week since July 1, shortly after it became public that he had ignored intelligence reports about Russia offering bounties to the Taliban for each American soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Monday’s briefing, in fact, was the first in August and the first since July 22. That month had only three briefings scheduled.

“It’s remarkable that, even at their peak, they never exceeded 20 per month,” said Ned Price, a former CIA analyst and a spokesman for the National Security Council during the Obama administration.

“And now that they are arguably more important than ever, as foreign actors are again interfering in our democracy, tensions with Beijing are swirling, and America’s adversaries and competitors are becoming more emboldened, the president can’t seem to find the time to be briefed,” he added.

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[hvn_nbr_2]

1. He doesn't need them. He only pays attention to briefings by Putin anyway. nt

[SharonAnn]

28. He is decompensating. Can't handle everything on his plate.

He’s falling apart.

[dalton99a]

2. So he is officially a fucking moron

[MFM008]

3. God knows

He is extremely lacking in intelligence........

[elleng]

4. Surprised? NO Intelligence

[SergeStorms]

29. It was either intelligence or golf.

And we all know Trump is devoid of intelligence, so the golf course it is!

[kimbutgar]

5. He's getting his briefings from Putin now !

And someone In the administration who is getting the briefings is passing them on to Putin to disseminate!

[canetoad]

6. No point in reading

What you don't understand.

[Nevilledog]

7. Ain't that the truth!

[keithbvadu2]

8. Maybe he has them delivered directly to Putin now?

Maybe he has them delivered directly to Putin now?

[MontanaMama]

9. Jared used to be them...

but he’s probably just forwarding them to Vlad. Thank gawd that VP Biden is receiving them now too.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Thanks for the reminder! I feel somewhat better.

[keithbvadu2]

19. Jared thinks that a security clearance is a license to sell.

[JonLP24]

11. This is odd

When you have access to that level of intelligence wouldn't you at least be curious? If it was me I would have intelligence briefings all day long. Even the declassified stuff interests me.

[RainCaster]

21. Too many big words, DFT is only interested in Faux News, because they dumb it down for him.

[chriscan64]

12. He's like a little kid that won't do his homework.

"Donnie, time for your briefing."
"No, I wanna watch Fox & Friends!"
"You can record Fox & Friends."
"Why can't you record the briefing?"
"It's not a video, it's a book."
"Aw man"

[duforsure]

13. He's doing that for deniability

To claim he didn't know. Putin does that a lot to to be able to deny .

[struggle4progress]

14. "So I said to my people, you know what? Slow down the intelligence!"

[mnmoderatedem]

15. welcome to episode number 423,634

of Imagine If Barack Obama Had Done That

[Danmel]

16. Read this from 2016, after the election

I gasped out loud when I saw it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-intelligence-briefings-skip-2016-12%3famp

[Gothmog]

17. Facts and reality scare trump

Putin tells trump what to believe

[North Shore Chicago]

18. If only they were called.....

<----- I'm with nasty


"teenage girls debriefings" the ass would be all in.

[MineralMan]

20. Trump Has Completely Eliminated Intelligence from the White House

That is ever so much worse.

[wishstar]

22. But is Kushner still getting daily briefings to help him make deals?

Early on I read reports that Kushner was being given full access to the daily classified briefings despite his initial problems getting security clearance.

[Wicked Blue]

23. Now what will the briefers do do with all the crayons and markers?

Putting together intelligence briefings with words of one syllable and LOTS of colored pictures can't be an easy job. Particularly when they have to insert a picture of the Orange Traitor on every page to hold his attention.

[KewlKat]

24. The words TRUMP and INTELLIGENCE should never appear in the same sentence...

[Solly Mack]

25. They were dumbed down and Trump still couldn't grasp

the stick drawings, so he stopped bothering. He was tired of pretending he understood. Besides, to hear him tell it, he knows more than everyone else.

They tried small words in complete sentences presented in 4 or less bullet points. Trump remained flummoxed.

Then they had to go to simple comic book drawings with one word expressions - Boom! Pow! Beautiful!. Trump was still perplexed.

Finally, stick figures with happy or sad emojis as faces under various headings like Russia, Covid19, Middle East etc,. Intelligence agencies would circle the appropriate emotion.

Trump still couldn't connect the dots.

[Cetacea]

26. Crayon shortage n/t

[Julian English]

27. Trump's generally eliminated intelligence from all phases of his life n/t

[DFW]

30. You could have eliminated the word briefings"

And you would have been just as accurate.

[olegramps]

31. The Republicans have eliminated intelligence from politics and elected a moron as president.

Trump and his henchmen are as dangerous as Hitler and his SS forces. They are without any doubt dedicated fascists who are determined to seize control of government. I am extremely concerned what will happen following the election. Could it erupt into a civil war? What will be the reaction of the military if he Trump refuses to concede the election? Our nation is being transformed into a Banana Republic by a madman with the support of 30% of the electorate. I never dreamed that I would see the party that elected Eisenhower be transformed into fascist gang of thugs who have absolutely no respect for the principles upon which this nation was founded.

Can it be saved? I think that due the depth of apathy and distrust that has gripped the nation that its very survival is in jeopardy. We, yes we, have allowed this monstrosity that the Republican Party has become and have enabled it to destroy the unity of the nation upon which it was founded and affirmed in its moto: E pluribus Unum (Out of many one). The Republican Party has become the party of hatred, division, exclusion and intolerance.