"Trump's probably our smartest President"

[left-of-center2012]

I totally disagree with Kessler !!

I watched a few minutes on C-PAN of an interview with Ronald Kessler discussing his book “The Trump White House”.

Kessler said:
“Trump reads all the major newspapers each morning from the front page to the back page, reading every article, and retaining the information.”
(Kessler mentioned the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal)

Kessler also said the Secret Service is demoralized and not adequately protecting the President “especially at this time with all these assassination threats from Democrats.”

I turned it off, having had my fill of B.S.

In a related interview, Jake Tapper said about this book:

“The book, which will be released this week, defends the president, according to Tapper, on topics like the Russia investigation, the Access Hollywood tape, and his marriage to Melania.
It also "repeatedly attacks the press," Tapper said.
..........................

(We've been told Trump's daily intel briefing has to be kept to one page because he doesn't like to read)

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, I think he is right about the SS being demoralized, but will they protect his sorry ass--yes

And if you believe Trump reads even ONE newspaper, beyond the headlines, please invest in my shoreside (swampland) property.


BTW, which job/ambassadorship is Kessler seeking?

[global1]

14. Trump Reads The Newspapers Like Palin Read The Newspapers.....nt

[tazkcmo]

2. So it's fiction. NT

[Shrike47]

3. He lies.

[ck4829]

4. I'll be sure to put it in the fiction section at where I work at if I ever see it

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Trump READS???????

[YessirAtsaFact]

6. 3 serious newspapers cover to cover every day?

Nope.

He doesn’t do that much reading in a month

[RandomAccess]

18. Or a year

[smirkymonkey]

21. I'm calling bullshit on that one too!

There is absolutely NO WAY he has the attention span for that. He can barely get through a one-pager written in extra-large type with bullet-points and pictures.

As usual, more blatant lies from the deplorables.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. My Sentiments, Exactly

A preposterous lie about a preposterous liar.

[ooky]

7. Nothing but more lies straight from the orange underwear streak himself.

[hlthe2b]

8. Who Is Ronald Kessler? His Trump White House Book Is No 'Fire & Fury'

https://www.bustle.com/p/who-is-ronald-kessler-his-trump-white-house-book-is-no-fire-fury-8665137

..
The book, which will be released this week, defends the president, according to Tapper, on topics like the Russia investigation, the Access Hollywood tape, and his marriage to Melania. It also "repeatedly attacks the press," Tapper said.
...
Kessler — a conservative author who has published more than 20 non-fiction books on topics like the presidency, the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, and the CIA — believes that years from now, Trump's "tweets and controversies will be forgotten." However, "at the same time," he said, "there are plenty of negative items in the book."
...
He is the author of The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of Presidents, which included disparaging details about the Clintons and was found to have several inaccuracies, The Week reported.
...
In 2014, Kessler was accused in a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee of pushing false claims about the effectiveness of "enhanced interrogation techniques" by the CIA. The report states Kessler was "blessed" by then-director of Central Intelligence, George Tenet, and that his book, The CIA at War, "included inaccurate claims about the effectiveness of CIA interrogations, much of it consistent with the inaccurate information being provided by the CIA to policymakers at that time."

[ProfessorGAC]

10. And I Quote "a conservative author who has published more than 20 non-fiction books"

Um, no. Kessler's books are fiction.

[workinclasszero]

11. Trump reads? LOL

So does rocket man.....

[Jim__]

12. A comment from wikipedia's article on Kessler.

From wikipedia:

Kessler's writings have been criticized in publications such as The Washington Post and The Week for overt partisanship and a lack of journalistic rigor.

Every book ever written has mistakes. But experts are supposed to get the main things right, and reporters generally follow through when someone tells them something. Too often, Kessler seems to have listened to his sources, written their words down, and then simply printed as fact their allegations or observations without checking on them.
— Marc Ambinder, The Week, August 6, 2014

[geardaddy]

13. Geez, what absolute codswallop!

[Gothmog]

15. Trump is an idiot

[NightWatcher]

16. Somebody's applying for a job with the orange clown, sounds like.

[Vinca]

17. I assumed you would be posting and "Onion" article.

There is no way Trump reads an entire newspaper. If anything, he would pay someone to mark the name "Trump" with a highlighter and read a sentence here and there. At best Trump is semi-literate.

[scarletlib]

19. Yes and I gave Einstein all of his ideas.

[ProudLib72]

20. It should be very easy to test the veracity of that statement

Just ask him some questions from each of the papers he "reads".

"I don't recall if that was from Marmaduke or Family Circus, but I definitely recall reading it!"

[mythology]

22. Kessler just left out current in his description

Yes, of all of the people currently holding the office of president, Trump is probably the smartest. But only probably.

[sinkingfeeling]

23. No, no, the newspaper reading president was the black guy.