Analysis | 2 things that seem to explain Trump’s ignorance about Russia’s bounties on U.S. troops

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Analysis: An emerging White House defense is that Trump doesn't read

For much of the past year, President Trump has declined to participate in a practice followed by the past seven of his predecessors: He rarely if ever reads the President’s Daily Brief, a document that lays out the most pressing information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies from hot spots around the world.

What’s more — and this would seem the most important point given the current imbroglio — even when it comes to oral briefings, aides have beenCurrent and former officials said that his daily intelligence update — known as the president’s daily brief, or PDB — is often structured to avoid upsetting him.

“If you talk about Russia, meddling, interference — that takes the PDB off the rails,” said a second former senior U.S. intelligence official.“If you say ‘Russian interference,’ to him it’s all about him,” said a senior Republican strategist who has discussed the matter with Trump’s confidants. “He judges everything as about him.”

— despite that not being how the PDB generally works — and claimed that there was “no consensus” on the intel.The alternate explanation though, given the above reporting, is that perhaps the briefers knew this was something the president simply didn’t want to hear. And that’s extremely plausible, given that this intelligence is reportedly much more significant than the White House lets on.

 

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Does he hear? Does he see? I think it's obvious that the VeryStableGenius is illiterate, however, with something of this magnitude, someone should have drawn pictures, or spoken words to him, even if they had to speak them very, very slowly. The rotten traitor needs to go!

Doesn't or cant

Then he’s unfit for office. Is he able to read ?

And it’s taken you people to finely figure that out🤨

Incredulous! He simply shifts the goalposts of truth, honesty and integrity whenever it suits him.

Whoops for a minute I thought it said can’t read which might explain why he doesn’t.

Your headlines are getting to be more ignorant by the day. Panic much?

This press sec acts more like his explaining mistress

KattyKay_ Hahaha, more like ' know how to' !

Great, now they’re freely admitting he’s a moron.

Analysis: An emerging Swampington Post defense is that Post journalists, don't know how to read. ~Ann Ambry~

Because I don’t think he can, biggest dummy the electoral college has appointed, ugh.

Then Trump is unfit to be President if he does not read. Fire him and his entire team

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