Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office

[essentialsaltes]

Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January, he has sat for just 12 presentations from intelligence officials of the President’s Daily Brief.

That’s a significant drop compared with Trump’s first term in office, according to a POLITICO analysis of his public schedule.

Presidents vary in how often they have received in-person briefings. George W. Bush saw briefers from the intelligence community almost every day and preferred hearing directly from analysts, while Obama was a studious reader of the PDB book itself.

But with Trump, there is added concern [beyond the paucity of in-person briefings] as he is known not to read the accompanying briefing document, referred to as “the book,” that is put together by intelligence analysts in a highly labor-intensive process. This document is delivered in hard copy or on a tablet device to the president and his key advisers five days a week.

 

[durangodawood]

Sooner or later the lack of diligence - not to mention competence - across the whole upper tier of this administration is going to cause real damage to the country.

They seem to treat governing as merely an ideological project.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Sooner or later the lack of diligence - not to mention competence - across the whole upper tier of this administration is going to cause real damage to the country.

They seem to treat governing as merely an ideological project.

Not to worry, at the moment the military is still somewhat functional enough to defeat any threats from foreign bad actors so the American people will have the opportunity to repeat the clown show again and again.

 

[stevil]

Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January, he has sat for just 12 presentations from intelligence officials of the President’s Daily Brief.

That’s a significant drop compared with Trump’s first term in office, according to a POLITICO analysis of his public schedule.

Presidents vary in how often they have received in-person briefings. George W. Bush saw briefers from the intelligence community almost every day and preferred hearing directly from analysts, while Obama was a studious reader of the PDB book itself.

But with Trump, there is added concern [beyond the paucity of in-person briefings] as he is known not to read the accompanying briefing document, referred to as “the book,” that is put together by intelligence analysts in a highly labor-intensive process. This document is delivered in hard copy or on a tablet device to the president and his key advisers five days a week.

Maybe if Hannity, Piro, or Tucker gave their interpretation via the TV, then Trump would watch it. They should perhaps create a mock broadcast, just for his tv only. With either of these people, not stating facts, but generalising about how Obama, or Biden or the radical left, or the socialist libs were causing XYZ problem, and then throw in a BTW the 2020 election was stolen and Trump is treated so unfairly, and then getting back to the XYZ problem, sprinkle in some facts, some grievances, some lib trolling. Maybe then Trump will watch, and someone better have a can of Coke at the ready for that caffeine and sugar energy hit to keep him awake. And then have his cabinet ministers praise him, on camera about how well he watched the show, how he has such a big brain, and the world's best mind and memory, and then give him a test on what was in the intelligence briefing and let him then go to the media and tell them how well he did on the test, Person, man, woman, camera, tv...

 

[chevyontheriver]

Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January, he has sat for just 12 presentations from intelligence officials of the President’s Daily Brief.

That’s a significant drop compared with Trump’s first term in office, according to a POLITICO analysis of his public schedule.

Presidents vary in how often they have received in-person briefings. George W. Bush saw briefers from the intelligence community almost every day and preferred hearing directly from analysts, while Obama was a studious reader of the PDB book itself.

But with Trump, there is added concern [beyond the paucity of in-person briefings] as he is known not to read the accompanying briefing document, referred to as “the book,” that is put together by intelligence analysts in a highly labor-intensive process. This document is delivered in hard copy or on a tablet device to the president and his key advisers five days a week.

How many wars has he prevented by not being in those briefings? Maybe a few.

 

[Hans Blaster]

How many wars has he prevented by not being in those briefings? Maybe a few.

Huh? You think that if the President doesn't know what is going on in the world countries won't attack each other?

 

[stevil]

Huh? You think that if the President doesn't know what is going on in the world countries won't attack each other?

It's called MAGA logic. Everything Trump does is 100% perfect.

 

[That Guy 11200]

He wouldn't understand any of it anyway.

 

[DaisyDay]

Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January, he has sat for just 12 presentations from intelligence officials of the President’s Daily Brief.

That’s a significant drop compared with Trump’s first term in office, according to a POLITICO analysis of his public schedule.

Presidents vary in how often they have received in-person briefings. George W. Bush saw briefers from the intelligence community almost every day and preferred hearing directly from analysts, while Obama was a studious reader of the PDB book itself.

But with Trump, there is added concern [beyond the paucity of in-person briefings] as he is known not to read the accompanying briefing document, referred to as “the book,” that is put together by intelligence analysts in a highly labor-intensive process. This document is delivered in hard copy or on a tablet device to the president and his key advisers five days a week.

Maybe the serious people on his team should produce an infotainment version of the briefing, perhaps featuring some comely Fox-like host. I don't think he can see to read properly, too vain to wear glasses.

 

[Desk trauma]

Maybe the serious people on his team

Very optimistic to think there are adults in the room.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Huh? You think that if the President doesn't know what is going on in the world countries won't attack each other?

If the president doesn't know about what's happening in Outer East Bananastan he's less likely to start a war there. A little information is dangerous. No information has kept us out of lots of trouble.

 

[Hans Blaster]

If the president doesn't know about what's happening in Outer East Bananastan he's less likely to start a war there. A little information is dangerous. No information has kept us out of lots of trouble.

That is, wow, I don't know what. Nuts. Yeah, that works. It betrays a poor understanding of international relations and conflict.

What a lack of briefing to the president *does* do is keeps the president from the information that might *stop* conflicts between other countries from growing.

 

[iluvatar5150]

That is, wow, I don't know what. Nuts. Yeah, that works. It betrays a poor understanding of international relations and conflict.

What a lack of briefing to the president *does* do is keeps the president from the information that might *stop* conflicts between other countries from growing.

In a normal world, with a normal president, sure.

 

[Hans Blaster]

In a normal world, with a normal president, sure.

Even for this abnormal president (Pres. Abie Normal), being uninformed about current geopolitical conditions doesn't prevent wars. Especially, since he has demonstrated a squeemishness to combat.

 

[chevyontheriver]

That is, wow, I don't know what. Nuts. Yeah, that works. It betrays a poor understanding of international relations and conflict.

What a lack of briefing to the president *does* do is keeps the president from the information that might *stop* conflicts between other countries from growing.

That presumes a rational president.

 

[Hans Blaster]

That presumes a rational president.

Do you think Trump is irrational?

 

[chevyontheriver]

Do you think Trump is irrational?

He follows his own ‘rationality’.

 

[SimplyMe]

If the president doesn't know about what's happening in Outer East Bananastan he's less likely to start a war there. A little information is dangerous. No information has kept us out of lots of trouble.

But perhaps the leader of Inner West Bananastan is looking at Outer East Bananastan with envy, and has decided he wants to "annex" them. Perhaps there is a diplomatic solution that, if he knew about it, the President could use to prevent that war from starting. Instead, since the President is not informed about the situation and, suddenly, the US is involved when Outer East Bananastan calls on the US to uphold treaty obligations to help them.

Or, to use a real world example, maybe he could have prevented what is happening with India and Pakistan?

 

[Hans Blaster]

He follows his own ‘rationality’.

Wouldn't that by definition make him rational?

I don't think the issue is Trump's rationality. I think it is rather about what he bothers to care about, his personally corrupt motivations, his general lack of knowledge and competence, his sycophantic advisors, and his attention span.

 

[Say it aint so]

Quite simply, intel briefings don't mean a thing to Trump. So why even have them?