On Trump's calendar, just 17 intelligence briefings in 85 days

[DonViejo]

U.S. officials also say Trump does not regularly read the written intelligence briefing sent over daily.

Feb. 6, 2019, 8:41 AM EST

By Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner, Ken Dilanian and Courtney Kube

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who doesn't regularly read the daily intelligence summary prepared for him, is also participating in relatively few in-person briefings from his spy agencies, according to intelligence officials and a review of his schedules.

It's the latest indication that Trump does not consistently rely on the information and analysis provided to him by the $80 billion a year U.S. intelligence-gathering apparatus.

A series of recently published presidential schedules show that he has been in just 17 intelligence briefings over the last 85 days. That's about the same frequency as two of his predecessors, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, according to a former CIA briefer who has written a book on the subject. But unlike those former presidents, Trump does not regularly read the written intelligence briefing sent over each day to the White House, U.S. officials tell NBC News, and in private he frequently questions the integrity and judgment of the intelligence officials who are giving him secret information.

Trump has also done that publicly. Last week, after intelligence officials publicly contradicted him, Trump tweeted that his top spies should "go back to school," and in an interview with CBS News Sunday, he acknowledged that he frequently disagreed with his intelligence advisers.

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[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Why look at all that FAKE stuff when you have FOX to watch!

[Ohiogal]

2. Why should you read daily intelligence reports

when you’re a stable genius and know more than the generals do.