U.S. Situation Room
Warzone/The Drive: These Are The Briefings President-Elect Trump Got On The F-35, Air Force One, and Nukes
The presentations provide a window into what kinds of information he was receiving, and how, during a particularly critical time in history.
Just shy of a month before his inauguration in 2017, then-President-Elect Donald Trump held a series of meetings with senior officials from the U.S. Air Force and other branches of the U.S. military, as well as executives from Lockheed Martin and Boeing, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. At the time, reports said that the primary topics of discussion were the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Air Force One replacement effort, programs Trump criticized the cost of before and after the meetings, but which he began to soften on in the months afterward. Now, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, we have more details about exactly what information Trump received from the military briefers, including that he received a presentation on the U.S. Nuclear Triad, as well.
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WNU Editor: If this is what President Trump is being briefed on, I can understand why he finds them a waste of time.
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