Top Trump advisers tutor the president in globalism

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-trump-advisers-tutor-the-president-in-globalism/

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NEW YORK -- On a sweltering Washington summer day, President Donald Trump's motorcade pulled up to the Pentagon for a meeting largely billed as a briefing on the Afghanistan conflict and the fight against the Islamic State group.

There, in the windowless meeting room known as "The Tank", Trump was to be briefed on the state of America's longest-running war as he and his top aides plotted ways ahead. But, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the meeting, it was, in reality, about much more.

Trump's national security team had become alarmed by the president's frequent questioning about the value of a robust American presence around the world. When briefed on the diplomatic, military and intelligence posts, the new president would often cast doubt on the need for all the resources. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson organized the July 20 session to lay out the case for maintaining far-flung outposts - and to present it, using charts and maps, in a way the businessman-turned-politician would appreciate.

The session was, in effect, American Power 101 and the student was the man working the levers. It was part of the ongoing education of a president who arrived at the White House with no experience in the military or government and brought with him advisers deeply skeptical of what they labeled the "globalist" worldview. In coordinated efforts and quiet conversations, some of Trump's aides have worked for months to counter that view, hoping the president can be persuaded to maintain - if not expand - the American footprint and influence abroad.

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1. It's beyond disastrous that this is where we are now

but oh my glob can you imagine how hilarious this "tutoring" must have been? It's hard enough to teach a normal, mentally-healthy 70-year old man anything that conflicts with his long-held, erroneous beliefs about how the world works; can you imagine trying to work with an over-indulged big old baby whose ignorance about *everything* is, well, global?

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2. Who can only understand places in the world where he has hotels or buildings

or golf clubs.

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3. Looks like Trump isn't nearly as smart as the generals.

Instead of trying to convince everyone how smart he is, he'd be better off to stop lying, buy a bunch of textbooks on Am. Gov - 101, and start reading.