Thursday, January 25, 2018

This Is How President Trump Gets His Daily Intelligence Briefing



Time: Donald Trump Once Claimed He Doesn't Need Daily Briefings. Here's How He Gets Them Now

The director of the CIA spoke at length Tuesday about how President Donald Trump receives his regular intelligence briefings, a topic of some debate among the Administration’s critics.

During Trump’s first year in office, it’s been reported that the president receives his intelligence briefings “impatiently,” prefers strong visuals to subtle nuances and becomes so upset about information about Russian meddling that briefers tend to skip over it. That’s led critics to charge that Trump is “incurious.”

But speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said that Trump regularly engages with high-level intelligence during their meetings.

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More News On How President Trump Gets His Daily Intelligence Briefing

CIA Director Offers A Window Into Trump's Morning Routine -- NPR
CIA director: Trump grasps intelligence at same level as 25-year veteran -- The Hill
Trump Understands Intelligence Briefings Like A Veteran, CIA Director Mike Pompeo Says -- International Business Times

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

@wnu
Another sign of China's peaceful rise: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/25/at-least-120000-muslim-uighurs-held-in-chinese-re-education-camps-report