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It has now been a full week since Trump received an intelligence briefing
[font size="3"]While Donald Trump tries to frighten Americans into supporting his policies with the specter of real and imagined terrorism, the ostensible Commander-in-Chief has now gone a full week without scheduling a daily intelligence briefing.[/font]
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It has now been a full week since Trump received an intelligence briefing
By Tommy Christopher | February 20, 2017
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
From the Bowling Green Massacre to Atlanta to the Sweden Incident, no terrorist attack is too fictional for Donald Trump and his administration to use in order to frighten Americans into supporting their the Muslim ban or Deportation Force.
When it comes to actually doing the job of keeping Americans safe, though, Trump is very publicly leaving the country vulnerable.
Last week, we reported that Trump had not received an intelligence briefing since the resignation and/or firing of disgraced National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. A review of Trumps daily schedules shows that there were no intelligence briefings scheduled for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, either.
As we have also previously reported, the value of Trumps re-branded intel briefings was already suspect, but now it has been a full week since Trump has received even that meager offering. Since Trumps schedules are public, this also means that our enemies may be aware that Trump is not being briefed.
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It has now been a full week since Trump received an intelligence briefing (Original Post)
Bill USA
Feb 2017
OP
Actually, I thought there was a briefing EVERY morning for the previous presidents.......
northoftheborder
Feb 2017
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Warpy
(111,383 posts)1. We're all just waiting for him to do something so colossally stupid
that even his base will realize the man needs to be removed, even if they still support his bluster against all the people they've been told to hate. I just hope we all live through whatever it is.
Whether he ignores them or doesn't get them at all, those briefings will fall on deaf ears. The only voice he ever hears is his own.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,026 posts)2. ...and 70 years with a dearth of intelligence
northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)3. Actually, I thought there was a briefing EVERY morning for the previous presidents.......
Synecdoche Trope
(55 posts)4. Good!
The less intelligence given to Putin's Boy Toy, the better.
MattP
(3,304 posts)5. He gets all his info from the idiot (trump) box