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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 80 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I imagine he'd feel pretty out of place in an intelligence briefing.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

It just becomes a briefing while he's in the room

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 1 week ago

It takes him over a week to save up enough intelligence to make it through one of them.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They just gave him pictures

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Probably just emojis, much like:

👊🇺🇸🔥

Once he understands by clapping, they give him a cheerio on his high hair table.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

They literally had to include his name in every part of it, otherwise he didn't pay attention. That was the first term. Clearly he's not even pretending to sit through it now.

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We know djt is lazy fuck. I wonder what evil asshole(s) is really running things.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Stephen Miller, obviously.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

I still think musk is involved too. He is trying to get less publicity, but no way he is giving away the power.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fucker both looks and acts like Putin.

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also a dildo. I'm 99% sure that dude began life as a dildo. Never stopped either.

Dildo factory reject. Testers reported discomfort due to what's known in the industry as "Shapiro syndrome" or sudden vaginal dessication.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's that Eastern European pedophile rizz. He and Jared Kushner have the same look.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone said in another thread he exhibits signs of ASD, and I can't stop thinking about that, especially knowing that that has significant symptom overlap/comorbidity with other things, ADHD, for example.

Who's running the country? Miller?

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, he very clearly has dementia, and has had it for a while now.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

That doesn't preclude ASD, ADHD. And I'm not saying he has that, just that I'm mulling the possibility.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

He doesn't do intelligence.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

MF is the leader of the free world and has less meetings than I do

[–] choco_crispies@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

The US and its president are definitely not leading the free world. Maybe still a leading world economy. But at this point, the country is actively destroying its own economy and is on its way out of even being considered part of the free world at all.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago

Leader my ass. The rest of the world is moving on.

[–] scaredoftrumpwinning@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you really want him to be at more? The more he knows the more Putin knows. Unless someone leaks it on signal again then we all know.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Don't worry, he has staffers to leak all the other information through their Starlink connection at the White House.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought he skipped like almost all of them last time too? This is just par for the course

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

That's why he had to take the notes back home to study. Duh!

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Depends on the course and what he decides is his handicap that day.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't worry, he's got his eyes on the ball the whole time

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

He has concepts of intelligence

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Eh, I hear that sometimes he loses the ball, claims a do-over to keep his golf score down.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Why change now?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

the only intelligence briefing he will sit through, is Putins issuing orders to dismantle every intelligence agency or investigation against putin.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

12 too many.

[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] 1984@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

So he is at - 25 now?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The people giving the briefings should just jingle some keys to get his attention.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Or a hot and fresh hamberder

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably for the best. Can't leak what he isn't told.

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago

Should hold fake meetings with finger paints.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Y'all, elect me President. I'd go to ALL the intelligence meetings.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Public record: Trump lacks intelligence.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many bowls of candy has he eaten is the more important question to ask here.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the bigger question how many meals of Mcdonalds he has eaten in a day, and how many layers of orange creme concealer he uses on his face,

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

But it's complicated and boring! And they use long words, too!

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Annnnnd is that too many, too little, average?

Don't get me wrong, I despise the gu but I have no clue how many is normal 😅

[–] PostProcess@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clue is in the name... daily intelligence briefing.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Woops, one too many negronis.

[–] PostProcess@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

No such thing!

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