Intel Chiefs Use Economics, Pictures To Hammer Home Trump’s Security Briefings

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: (L-R) FBI Director Christopher Wray; CIA Director Gina Haspel; Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats; Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency; Gen. Paul Naka... WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: (L-R) FBI Director Christopher Wray; CIA Director Gina Haspel; Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats; Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency; Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency; and Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency await testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" January 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. The intelligence leaders discussed North Korea, Russia, China and cybersecurity among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump’s intelligence chiefs have adapted the security briefings to catch his interest and accomodate his attention span by including the underlying economics of terrorist threats and pepping up the presentations with pictures and charts.

According to a Sunday New York Times report, Trump is primarily interested in which country is gaining financial footholds over the others, and he has reduced his “daily” intelligence briefing to twice weekly.

He also has a pet obsession with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and frequently asks for updates on her political moves, per the Times.

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  1. Just our daily reminder that we have a man with severe mental issues in charge.

  2. Pay no attention to the drooling fool in the corner. He just rules over a nuclear arsenal and can tank the world economy overnight with a single ill-considered act. Other than that the fact he’s President is just dandy. Nothing to see here, move along.

  3. Pictures ye say??
    Well, i was pretty sure trump had problems reading. And a picture is worth a 1000 words I hear tell.

  4. If they’d use a fake chart showing cash flowing into the tRump Organization based on following intelligence advice they would be doing the country a service. Or a chart showing that following the advice of our intelligence agencies would really piss off liberals.

  5. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    Do the Intel chiefs use crayons or sharpies for the pictures?

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