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jmowreader

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23. In a way that's good

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2025, 06:05 PM

May 10

Right now I wouldn't trust the bastard with intelligence you got by reading the newspaper.

I have said in the past that if I was the desk analyst in charge of preparing the President's Daily Brief I'd use nothing but open-source information in it but I've changed my mind: just giving him open-source would show him the methods used to pick out the stories we used for the PDB. No, what they need to do with Trump is just read him every story in the New York Times.

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Trump Has Skipped All but 12 of His Daily Intelligence Briefings [View all] BumRushDaShow May 10 OP

No amount of meetings will give him intelligence. twodogsbarking May 10 #1

Reality conflicts with his world view and his desires, therefore reality and facts get eliminated. Lonestarblue May 10 #2

Yes. Sadly, he's getting all the "intelligence" he thinks he needs from people like Laura Loomer. tanyev May 10 #4

He values Putin's opinion more than our own intelligence community. groundloop May 10 #3

Hey cut him some slack Woodwizard May 10 #5

He's got the place on auto-pilot Historic NY May 10 #6

Trump is only interested in grifting, showing off, and destroying the US economy and govt. Irish_Dem May 10 #7

He gets all he needs from DENVERPOPS May 10 #8

Must be a nice vacation for the cartoonists who make the story boards to show him. Vinca May 10 #9

Derelict... Hope22 May 10 #10

Derelict Donald Pinback May 10 #14

it is astonishing that any President would distrust the great work of our FBI and CIA agents cadoman May 10 #11

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe May 10 #12

He doesn't have anywhere near the intelligence to understand them, Gary 50 May 10 #13

That's the truth FakeNoose May 10 #17

When you already know everything, what's the point? Pinback May 10 #15

How many golf weekends has he skipped? JoseBalow May 10 #16

Maybe Trump is competing with Patel to see who can work less?? riversedge May 10 #18

Recommended. H2O Man May 10 #19

His intelligence is indeed very brief Orrex May 10 #20

Trump knows what's important. Evidently, everything else is more important. And besides,..... SupportSanity May 10 #21

Isn't that an acceptable error in judgment? LittleGirl May 10 #22

In a way that's good jmowreader May 10 #23

Surprised he attended that many. Must have been exhausted. JHC. Evolve Dammit May 10 #24

Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote May 10 #25

Just as well. marble falls May 10 #26

Miller, Kegsbreath and his wife Traildogbob May 10 #27

Dereliction of duty FirstLight May 10 #28

MIHOP national catastrophe incoming! LudwigPastorius May 11 #29