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Reply #2120 on: May 30, 2017, 05:33:21 PM
How President Trump consumes — or does not consume — top-secret intelligence

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Yet there are signs that the president may not be retaining all the intelligence he is presented, fully absorbing its nuance, or respecting the sensitivities of the information and how it was gathered.

Earlier this month, for instance, Trump bragged to top Russian diplomats about the quality of the intelligence and revealed highly classified information, related to the fight against the Islamic State, that had been shared by a U.S. partner.

“I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day,” Trump told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during their May 10 meeting in the Oval Office, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the exchange.

He recently — despite all evidence to the contrary — said that perhaps China, not Russia, had tried to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. And during a meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, the president seemed to effectively confirm that the private information he divulged to the Russian diplomats came from Israel.

“Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name Israel,” Trump told reporters, responding to a question no one had asked. “Never mentioned it during that conversation.”

In March, the president also pressured two of the nation’s top intelligence officials to help him publicly push back against the FBI investigation into possible collusion between the Russian government and his campaign, a request both men felt was inappropriate.

This portrait of Trump as a consumer of the nation’s secrets is based on interviews with several senior administration officials who regularly attend his briefings. Some of the interviews were conducted in early May, before the president’s meeting with the Russians.

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Reply #2121 on: May 30, 2017, 05:34:29 PM

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Reply #2122 on: May 30, 2017, 05:43:38 PM

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Reply #2123 on: May 30, 2017, 05:44:23 PM

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Reply #2124 on: May 30, 2017, 05:45:14 PM

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Reply #2126 on: May 30, 2017, 06:56:07 PM

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Reply #2127 on: May 30, 2017, 07:10:38 PM

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Reply #2128 on: May 30, 2017, 07:20:03 PM

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Reply #2129 on: May 30, 2017, 07:39:53 PM

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Reply #2130 on: May 30, 2017, 07:44:15 PM
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Reply #2131 on: May 30, 2017, 09:29:55 PM
The agreement in 2014 was a restatement of their previous agreement, holding the 2% as a commitment, and only 5 of the 28 or whatever Member nations are spending at 2% today.

An ineffective attempt to get each nation to fully buy in to their own Defense, and with reserves as to armaments and troops to support their alliance, is not any good, if they don't do it.

Trump made good on what he ran on when elected, when he won the election and became our President, he confronted, cajoled and demanded compliance.

What does he get? Disrespect by Germany, in public statements. We expect the US Leftist Media to question all he does, after being so silent for the past 8 years, and I suppose we need to listen to this from some who underperformed on their commitments at NATO as well. Still, they must pay into their own defense, so as to be able to contribute to the collective defense.

It is good policy to make the demands, publicly, so long as they comply.


He broke trust with them. He reduced our standing in their eyes. He broke the pact. We are no longer the super power they trusted.

Way to fucking go.

Besides, the NATO members agreed in 2014 to increase their defense spending. To 2% GDP by 2024. Done under the Obama administration.

So what the fuck has the 12 year old done? Not a damn thing except to alienate our allies.

He has a big mouth, and can't do a single thing.

to the contrary. It wasn't Trump's actions or words. The NATO members have been complying on schedule.

Trump's bluster had nothing to do with it. What he has done is tell NATO that they cannot depend upon us to honor our obligations with them. He is presiding over the retreat of American power, and the surrender to a Russian influence.
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Reply #2132 on: May 31, 2017, 12:39:55 AM
What he has done is tell NATO that they cannot depend upon us to honor our obligations with them. He is presiding over the retreat of American power, and the surrender to a Russian influence.

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Reply #2133 on: May 31, 2017, 01:19:31 AM
Oh, and we are still way behind our payments to the UN.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-usa-arrears-idUSTRE70O7DW20110125



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Reply #2134 on: May 31, 2017, 01:34:04 AM
Moscow's man in DC ain't playin it straight..!

http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/05/30/analysts-just-busted-trump-adding-five-million-bots-twitter-account/

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Reply #2135 on: May 31, 2017, 01:45:23 AM

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Reply #2136 on: May 31, 2017, 01:46:05 AM
Oops, this was a report of NW's story.

Are we making America great again yet?

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Reply #2137 on: May 31, 2017, 01:46:51 AM

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Reply #2138 on: May 31, 2017, 08:20:21 AM
Trump ‘gaining weight’ and ‘emotionally withdrawing’ as Russia probe swamps White House: report

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That's an important story...it would be best for all if Trump were to simply realize that he's the wrong guy for the job, and quit.

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Commenting on the White House’s less-than-strategic handling of all matters Russia, another ally remarked, “These guys don’t play chess. They play checkers.”



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Reply #2139 on: May 31, 2017, 07:27:36 PM

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