Willful ignorance
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Started by mojo - Feb. 3, 2019, 7:59 a.m.

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s renewed attacks on the U.S. intelligence community this week, senior intelligence briefers are breaking two years of silence to warn that the President is endangering American security with what they say is a stubborn disregard for their assessments.

 Citing multiple in-person episodes, these intelligence officials say Trump displays what one called “willful ignorance” when presented with analyses generated by America’s $81 billion-a-year intelligence services. The officials, who include analysts who prepare Trump’s briefs and the briefers themselves, describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining some briefing points to two or three sentences, and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible.

http://time.com/5518947/donald-trump-intelligence-briefings-national-security/?xid=tcoshare

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By TimNew - Feb. 3, 2019, 8:52 a.m.
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When I saw the heading,  I had hopes that perhaps you had begun a journey of self discovery.

By mojo - Feb. 3, 2019, 2:06 p.m.
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Nope. I did my self discovery in Vietnam in 1967.

Found enlightenment at Woodstock in 1969.

By cliff-e - Feb. 3, 2019, 2:14 p.m.
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Rump used a theme/sentence during his campaign that went something like "And I alone can do that...". We're seeing that theme being carried out in the form of an ignorant Dictator and I'm not at all surprised by this.The warning signs were there and are growing larger by the day.

By TimNew - Feb. 3, 2019, 3:34 p.m.
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Yeah,  mushrooms and the like are great,  but they really can't be your basis for reality.

By mcfarm - Feb. 3, 2019, 3:38 p.m.
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well cliff, seem that dems and r's have both advocated their responsibility to the solving problems like the boarder, the economy, the list goes on and on, so I guess Trump is left holding the bag and solving the problems