Doesnt Read Intelligence News Today

Presidential daily briefing, he did have "fox and friends." >> he did. >> there is something -- >> he tweeted -- all right. let me put this one to you. feel free to jump in, jeremy. jeremy and i have known each other a very long time. we first talked on television when donald trump was in hot war with the intelligence community and part of the washington post reporting gets at that. so, let me hear from john first, then you, jeremy. post also reports that a person familiar with the briefing proc...

Briefing every morning and was very alarmed by it, we should have a special report. >> you know me well enough to know that i would. but let me just say -- let me just say really quick, i think that whats staggering is pompeo made a big display, and this is why trump likes him so much, right? it was a p.r. thing to say, well, we just added charts and graphs. we made it readable to him. we made it fun. thats b.s. he doesnt read it. no matter what it looks like, he doesnt read it. >> he didnt read...

Like this isnt just about a president who doesnt read, but a president who doesnt tend to, what george w. bush and im sure president obama thought was the gravest aspect of the presidency. >> its right. so on those day when he didnt actually have a pdb session, we can assume he got no intelligence. thats very dangerous because on any given day the president can be talking to foreign leaders. hell be making decisions that affect national security. what pdb editors do is tee up in the book that mo...

Should be done are not backed up by the intelligence because he hasnt taken the time to read that intel. it increases the risk that he will make a mistake. you can have the smartest people around you. in the end it still comes down to his decision, he added. your thoughts? >> yeah, for four years i read the pdb alongside secretary panetta, nicolle, both at the cia and the defense department. and its important to note the document is highly nuanced, very detailed. it goes into a lot of depth, and...

This about russia. "the washington post" reported last year that intelligence officials in some cases have included russia related intelligence only in the presidents daily written assessment steering clear of it in the oral briefing not to upset trump. riddle me this. if the russia intel or intel pertaining to russias efforts to meddle in our elections and it is only provided in writing, and he doesnt read, has he read anything about russia? >> no, and he said he doesnt believe the intelligence...

Let me put this one to you. feel free to jump in, jeremy. jeremy and i have known each other a very long time. we first talked on television when donald trump was in hot war with the intelligence community and part of the washington post reporting gets at that. so, let me hear from john first, then you, jeremy. post also reports that a person familiar with the briefing process said that at times trump as been dismissive of his briefers. shook his head and frowned the briefers were talking down t...

Like this isnt just about a president who doesnt read, but a president who doesnt tend to, what george w. bush and im sure president obama thought was the grave est aspect of the presidency. >> its right. so, on those days when he didnt actually have a pdb session, we can assume he got no intelligence. thats very dangerous because on any given day the president can be talking to foreign leaders. hell be making decisions that affect national security. what pdb editors do is tee up in the book tha...

Last year that intelligence officials in some cases have included russia related intelligence only in the presidents daily written assessment steering clear of it in the oral briefing not to upset trump. riddle me this. if the russia intel or intel pertaining to russias efforts to meddle in our elections and it is only provided in writing, and he doesnt read, has he read anything about russia? >> no, and he said he doesnt believe the intelligence on russia and hes not willing to accept the conse...

Known as the pdb. they tailor their intelling jensen sessions for a president with a famously short attention span. augmented with photos, videos and gravgs. lets bring into the conversation jeremy bash, national security analyst, and chief of staff at both the cia and pentagon. i want to read you something your old boss said. leon panetta, said trump could miss important context and nuance if he was relying solely on an oral briefing. the arrangement also increases pressure on the presidents na...

A story that says trump read his briefing every morning and was very alarmed by it, we should have a special report. >> you know that i would. but let me just say -- let me just say really quick, i think that whats staggering is pompeo made a big display, and this is why trump likes him so much, right? it was a p.r. thing to say, well, we just added charts and graphs. we made it readable to him. we made it fun. thats b.s. he didnt read it. he didnt read it. >> he didnt read it. heres a man who d...