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Has Trump Replaced His Intel Briefings With Fox & Friends?

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on March 08, 2017 · Flag

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Donald Trump can’t be bothered with intelligence briefings because, he says, he’s “like, a smart person.” When he does take them, he wants them “as little as possible.” But Fox & Friends seems to be Trump’s idea of worthwhile information about terrorism – and he leaves the fact checking up to them, apparently.

In a comparison of Fox & Friends and Trump’s tweets yesterday, Washington Post reporter Jenna Johnson found some frightening correlations. For example, after a news report misleadingly reported that 122 former Guantanamo prisoners had “REENGAGED IN TERRORISM,” Trump tweeted, “122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!”

122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2017

Unlike Trump, Johnson did some fact checking:

The [Fox] report did not note that of the 122 prisoners who were released and then reengaged in terrorism, 113 were released by the administration of George W. Bush, according to a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Johnson also noted that guest and Trump pal Laura Ingraham seemed to direct her criticisms of the Republican Death-to-Americans Obamacare “replacement” bill more to Trump than to the cohosts. Apparently, Ingraham knew her audience. After she complained that “competition across state lines” was missing, Trump assured America he’d take heed in another tweet. He even name-checked @foxandfriends.

Don't worry, getting rid of state lines, which will promote competition, will be in phase 2 & 3 of healthcare rollout. @foxandfriends

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2017

Ironically, Trump concluded his Twitter/Fox session by ranting about "fake news."

The entire article is a must-read.

Watch Ingraham use her Fox perch to “talk” to Trump about the GOP Death-to-Americans Obamacare repeal bill below, from the March 7, 2017 Fox & Friends.

(H/T Eyes on Fox)

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Scott Sanders commented 2017-03-11 02:09:36 -0500 · Flag
It’s fairly obvious, as InGraham alluded to herself, that trump couldn’t be bothered to read the 57 page TrumpCare proposal. Instead he simply told the American people “This is great. You will love it It’s everything I promised”.
Ellen commented 2017-03-10 01:41:57 -0500 · Flag
Bemused,

Are you thinking of Syria?

Regardless, yes, it’s worrisome. Especially as Trump is escalating at the same time he’s going again for his Muslim ban.
Bemused commented 2017-03-09 04:26:52 -0500 · Flag
BREAKING on CNN: American boots on the ground in Iraq.

Though predictable, this is still disappointing. While I can’t deny that a nice little war can be very effective in deflecting attention from less flattering results, I’m hoping that Americans have had their fill of fighting for the economic elites. This may be what President Trump was referring to during his visit to the CIA: a second chance at getting Irak’s oil. I guess that’s one quip that we should have taken literally.
David Lindsay commented 2017-03-08 20:53:11 -0500 · Flag
Laney, I was wondering the same thing. Trump seems to be obviously in over his head. After LBJ left the White House in 1969, most people believe he willed himself to die. He was depressed about the Vietnam War and the widespread social unrest at that time in spite of his massive efforts at liberal reform. After he left he started overeating, drinking and smoking. He died the day after Nixon was sworn in to his second term. I have no love for Trump but I don’t want to see Pence in there. He is zealot and a true believer.
R L commented 2017-03-08 20:28:55 -0500 · Flag
of course he gets his intel from the clueless curvy couch brigade. They and the current White House occupant have the same number of tiny brain cells and share the small word vocabulary.
Laney Wildcats commented 2017-03-08 19:39:16 -0500 · Flag
Soon ONE of these conservatives is going to WAKE up and realize they are in deep CRAP and making the republicans look EVIL. And yes, Trump get’s his intelligence information from False News. I really believe with him getting up so early in the morning to tweet and being big, fat and out of shape, he’ll probably have a heart attack soon.
David Lindsay commented 2017-03-08 19:28:24 -0500 · Flag
Is it true that Trump was looking for a private eye to investigate Obama? Ya know Mr.President, you have some 17 intelligence gathering agencies at your fingertips? And we learn that now he’s getting his intelligence briefings from the dimmest bulbs on the planet. Hell, why not Madam Zamora, the Gypsy fortune teller who lives at the edge of town??!
Jan Hall commented 2017-03-08 15:13:14 -0500 · Flag
Agreed mj, That would be a Dumbing Down to the Nth Degree.
mj - the same one commented 2017-03-08 14:32:42 -0500 · Flag
Has Trump Replaced His Intel Briefings With Fox & Friends?

If so, then — in between that, and Steve Bannon getting to sit in on NSC meetings, we’re pretty much screwed . . .

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