Donald Trump still believes fake news because he is surrounded by morons

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Politico has a story up about how part-time White House resident Donald Trump keeps getting fake news delivered to him despite having, at least in theory, access to the most elaborate intelligence-gathering mechanisms the world has to offer. The anecdote it leads with, though, pretty much sums it up.

Just days earlier, K.T. McFarland, the deputy national security adviser, had given Trump a printout of two Time magazine covers. One, supposedly from the 1970s, warned of a coming ice age; the other, from 2008, about surviving global warming, according to four White House officials familiar with the matter.

Trump quickly got lathered up about the media’s hypocrisy. But there was a problem. The 1970s cover was fake, part of an Internet hoax that’s circulated for years. Staff chased down the truth and intervened before Trump tweeted or talked publicly about it.

All right, full stop—the deputy national security adviser, in an effort to bend Trump's brain to her own agenda, delivered to his desk a well-known internet hoax. The deputy national security adviser did this. During the course of her regular duties advising him about national security, for which purpose she has been given access to whichever intelligence resources are necessary, which she can request at will ... or she can just forward on stuff she sees on Breitbart, it's all good.

By golly, I'd say we've stumbled on the problem right there. Part-time White House resident Donald Trump keeps getting fake news delivered to him because he is surrounded by ex-Fox News morons.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/15/1662460/-Donald-Trump-still-believes-fake-news-because-he-is-surrounded-by-morons#comment_66488799

[LonePirate]

1. It's easier to feel smart when you surround yourself with complete idiots.

[duncang]

2. +1000 nt

[procon]

3. And, remarkably, she still has her job.

What new conspiracy theory will she (or one of her fellow morons) deliver to the demented Trump tomorrow... or the next day?

[Phoenix61]

4. Smart leaders surround themselves with the smartest people they can find

Stupid leaders want to be the smartest person in the room so they surround themselves with idiots. Just imagine, for a moment, that Twitler is the smartest person in a room full of people. Scary, right?

[NewRedDawn]

5. I thought they

sent Ms. K.T. Crazy out the revolving door?

[Mr. Ected]

6. Oh come on

He asked for a peanut butter and sardine sandwich and she made one for him.

Trump has FOX running all day long. He's not being asked to accept their viewpoint by his advisors. He's demanding that we accept it as genuine.

Screw Donald Trump.

[bettyellen]

8. Exactly - he's manufacturing this fake news himself- like pretending the Comey firing was no biggie-

He succeeded in getting mainstream media to repeat that crap. That's all he wants is to get it repeated enough that the bots take over and it becomes prevelant in the news.
I cannot believe they fell for that one.

[Trekologer]

7. But Trump has the best brain

Yup, the best.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Trump *IS* the fucking moron...