This Is How Trump's NatSec Aides Get Him To Pay Attention To His Briefings

[DonViejo]

By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 17, 2017 10:30 AM

It appears that four months into his presidency, Donald Trump hasn’t developed any keener of an interest in his daily national security briefings.

According to a report published Wednesday by Reuters, Trump is more likely to read national security briefing materials if his name is mentioned in as many paragraphs as possible.

Unnamed officials who have briefed the President and others familiar with his learning processes told the publication that Trump still prefers one-page memos and visual aids. One unnamed source told Reuters that since Trump “keeps reading if he’s mentioned” in briefing materials, officials on the National Security Council have learned to insert the President’s name into “as many paragraphs as we can.”

The New York Times had reported a day earlier that three anonymous administration officials agreed they couldn’t publicly offer the most honest defense of Trump’s disclosure of highly classified information during a meeting with top Russian diplomats in the Oval Office: that he is simply too ignorant of — and uninterested in — how the intelligence in his briefings is gathered to divulge it on purpose.

That slapdash admission adds dimension to Trump’s Tuesday tweet in which he copped to sharing “facts” with the Russian diplomats.

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[enough]

1. It's getting so there's nothing left to say about this guy. NT

[Brogrizzly]

14. Ain't that the truth. It makes one speechless.

[skylucy]

2. I was a kindergarten teacher for 38 years. This is one of the

techniques I used to engage 5 year olds.

[athena]

10. Kids go through a narcissistic phase.

Some grow out of it. About 1% do not.

Those of us who have known narcissists knew exactly what this country was getting into when it decided to hand over the presidency to a guy who never outgrew his narcissistic phase, just to avoid giving it to a brilliant, experienced, and competent woman.

[murielm99]

16. You beat me to it.

I used that technique when teaching first graders who were having trouble learning to read. We would print up stories where the main character had the same first name as the student. The kids got a kick out of it, and it got some of them over the hump to begin reading.

I did not normally teach first grade, but middle school. Sometimes you work where needed, especially in a small town.

[tanyev]

3. .

[dalton99a]

4. Put it on the mobile above his crib

Use bold colors

[brer cat]

6. lol nt

[madaboutharry]

5. Everything Tony Schwartz said about him is true.

Tony Schwartz, author of the ghostwritten The Art of the Deal, warned us.

[babylonsister]

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[alterfurz]

8. fail-safe inducement...

...promise Donnie a second scoop of ice cream!

[Flaleftist]

9. Knock that shit off.

Leave his name out and make those briefings as boring as possible.

[GallopingGhost]

11. I swear to Hades, this is the

most terrifying thing I have read in a long time.

Visual aids? Inserting his name into paragraphs? That's what you do to hold the attention of a restless toddler during a storybook or activity-making it all about them.

This is what's in charge of our lives and our country.

[dgibby]

17. He has the attention span of a gnat.

Forget visual aides-slip some Adderall into his ice cream!

[GallopingGhost]

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[Egnever]

12. Hmm this sheds a whole new light on my 9th grade teacher

She used to put me in the worksheets.

Egnever could not stop laughing in class.

Egnever is constantly raising his hand..

I used to think she did it to mess with me but now I am not so sure In light of this maybe she was just a brilliant manipulator. In any case I remember her class to this day 40 years later because of it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. I STILL think they should put in comic-strip form.

And promise him a cookie if he reads it all.

[tenorly]

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[GoCubsGo]

18. We are so f---ed.

What is it going to take to get rid of this corrupt imbecile?

[herding cats]

20. How sweet. Just like a personalized children's storybook.

If he's a good boy and reads all his briefings does he get ice cream?