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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 10:28 AM Jan 2018

CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads

Source: The Hill




BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 01/07/18 09:24 AM EST

CIA Director Mike Pompeo pushed back on a claim that President Trump does not read in author Michael Wolff's explosive new book on the White House on Sunday, calling the assertions made in the book "absurd."

"This president reads material that we provide to him. He listens closely to his daily briefing," Cohn told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday."

"This president is an avid consumer of a work product that our team at CIA produces and we do our best to convey that to him every day," he continued.

Pompeo was responding to a reported quote in Wolff's book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" from chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, saying the president will not read anything, including "one-page memos and brief policy papers.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/367798-cia-director-pushes-back-on-claim-in-wolff-book-trump-reads

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CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Gag, Gaack, What? Nice suck-up Pompeo. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #1
Sunday shows discussing whether or not the POTUS is illiterate? Cracklin Charlie Jan 2018 #2
Previous reports have said that CIA greatly simplifies and abbreviates their briefing reports wishstar Jan 2018 #3
comic book style... getagrip_already Jan 2018 #4
And even then MurrayDelph Jan 2018 #13
and not just the CIA cyclonefence Jan 2018 #5
Aw, it just the CIA bowing down to kiss Trump's feet Farmer-Rick Jan 2018 #6
Bullshit! BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #7
I don't think he's lying. justgamma Jan 2018 #8
And to think that we used to laugh at Dubya murielm99 Jan 2018 #9
how does one convince someone of something when they are paid to believe the opposite?" nt Javaman Jan 2018 #10
Pompeo likes playing Corgigal Jan 2018 #11
He watches videos, usually when he's the "star" FakeNoose Jan 2018 #12
Koch Toady now wanna be SoS? moondust Jan 2018 #14
So, Mike, what did that taste like? dchill Jan 2018 #15
of course he read - he tweets Locrian Jan 2018 #16

wishstar

(5,273 posts)
3. Previous reports have said that CIA greatly simplifies and abbreviates their briefing reports
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 10:39 AM
Jan 2018

Ridiculous to act like Wolff was claiming total illiteracy. Wolff is not the first to report that T is much less of a reader with much shorter attention span than any previous presidents. The shortness and simplicity found necessary for T's briefing reports has been well known and almost a year ago an internal memo was revealed about how his CIA briefings had to be pared down to only 3 main items per day with very little detail and simplified to bare bones to cater to T's grade school level of comprehension and short attention span.

getagrip_already

(14,982 posts)
4. comic book style...
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 10:42 AM
Jan 2018

**biff** **bop*** ***booom***

Complete with prepubescent girls with thought bubbles and trumps name everwhere.......

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
5. and not just the CIA
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 10:44 AM
Jan 2018

It's my understanding that *everything* presented to Trump is abbreviated and simplified and, if possible, contains his name--otherwise he doesn't read it.

Remember the foreign leaders at that summit who were advised to keep their written material short, so Trump would (could?) read it? It's so well known all over the world that while, technically, Trump may be able to recognize words, he is no reader, that Pompeo's defense is beyond ludicrous.

Farmer-Rick

(10,242 posts)
6. Aw, it just the CIA bowing down to kiss Trump's feet
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:08 AM
Jan 2018

Oh so much bowing, groveling, a** kissing, placating and reassuring to do. It's the new CIA mission...to keep the Trump happy. Because if he is unhappy he may blow up North Korea. Who knew you would need an entire spy agency to babysit.

BumRushDaShow

(130,066 posts)
7. Bullshit!
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:08 AM
Jan 2018

Just because you hand him a piece of paper doesn't mean he actually reads it or really cares!

If he is not engaging in any 2-way conversations to get more details or request clarifications or asks for any next steps, then he is NOT "listening" and doesn't give a shit.

justgamma

(3,667 posts)
8. I don't think he's lying.
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:57 AM
Jan 2018

"This president reads material that we provide to him. He listens closely to his daily briefing"

It's been reported that he will pay attention if they mention his name and praise the heck out of him. If they write the reports just right I'm sure dotard gobbles them up.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
11. Pompeo likes playing
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 02:13 PM
Jan 2018

foreign world President. As long as the real one doesn't find it out, he's all good. Hell, he can place himself somewhere in a ten page briefing about how he will personally do the calls on all world events. Trump won't read, but will sign if he then can go play golf.

My dogs are more complicated.

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
16. of course he read - he tweets
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 08:48 AM
Jan 2018

It's the LEVEL of reading - lots of 3rd graders have cell phones and tweet.

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