Oh swell. He's getting his national security updates from Alex Jones' Prison Planet.Most modern day presidents-elect have intelligence officials brief them nearly every day on the contents of the President's Daily Brief, the highest-level intelligence document produced in the United States.
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President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday received only his third top-secret intelligence briefing since his election four weeks ago.
The relatively few briefings stand in contrast with Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who is getting nearly daily briefings. That suggests that Trump is looking to Pence to have a key role in handling critical national security issues once the two are in office. It could also reflect some discomfort between Trump and the intelligence community.
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During the campaign, Trump said he doesn't trust the intelligence community because "they've made such bad decisions."
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Trump has named a former intelligence official, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, as his national security adviser. But Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has received only one briefing since the election, according to a person familiar with the briefings schedule.
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A close Trump adviser, Kellyanne Conway, has insisted that Trump is engaged and utilizing information from multiple sources, including the briefings.
MSN
And we all know how well that turned out.While Trump is getting fewer briefings than what's been traditional, he's gotten more during the transition than President Richard Nixon.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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