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He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefing Because He’s ‘Smart'
Trump Says He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefing Because He’s ‘Smart’
WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview airing Sunday that he doesn’t need to receive a daily intelligence briefing, stating he only gets the briefing when he needs it.“I don’t have to be told ― you know, I’m, like, a smart person. I don’t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day,” Trump said in an interview airing on “Fox News Sunday.” “I don’t need to be told ... the same thing every day, every morning ― same words. ‘Sir, nothing has changed. Let’s go over it again.’ I don’t need that.”
Trump is reportedly only receiving an intelligence briefing just once a week. The president-elect said the people who are giving him the briefings are “very good people” and that he was always available if something changed. He also said that Vice President-elect Mike Pence was receiving the briefings.
President Barack Obama has a briefing six days a week.
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefing Because He’s ‘Smart'
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
And we'll be in the boat with him when it happens. 
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Thread Starter- TheLagerLad
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Re: He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefing Because He’s ‘Smart'
God forbid our nation face a major terror attack in the next four years, but if we do, that quote will be the downfall of the Trump presidency.
I think you're going to see a lot of different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. - President Donald J. Trump
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Re: He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefing Because He’s ‘Smart'
A journalist compared trumps attitude to that of a football player who says I'll just sit on the sidelines and watch TV and you guys come get me when there's a big play about to happen. It doesn't work that way. You just can't wing it.
You need to be continuously engaged so that you can appreciate what your potential adversaries might do and what is likely.
If we ever do face a major crisis we cannot waste time bringing an ignorant president up to speed.
Lives are at stake
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Thread Starter- tennyson
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Re: He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefing Because He’s ‘Smart'
The more he talks the scarier he becomes.
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"