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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNSC officials strategically include Trump's name often in text of briefings just to keep him reading
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-trip-idUSKCN18D0C7Conversations with some officials who have briefed Trump and others who are aware of how he absorbs information portray a president with a short attention span.
He likes single-page memos and visual aids like maps, charts, graphs and photos.
National Security Council officials have strategically included Trump's name in "as many paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if he's mentioned," according to one source, who relayed conversations he had with NSC officials.
Trump likes to look at a map of the country involved when he learns about a topic.
He likes single-page memos and visual aids like maps, charts, graphs and photos.
National Security Council officials have strategically included Trump's name in "as many paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if he's mentioned," according to one source, who relayed conversations he had with NSC officials.
Trump likes to look at a map of the country involved when he learns about a topic.
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NSC officials strategically include Trump's name often in text of briefings just to keep him reading (Original Post)
highplainsdem
May 2017
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Stinky The Clown
(67,761 posts)1. Verbal binkies for a man-baby
highplainsdem
(48,902 posts)4. Exactly.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)2. Good boy here's your treat.
tanyev
(42,515 posts)3. They should leave clues in it that will lead him to a bowl of ice cream.
Two scoops!