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In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Donald Trump said he does not need to receive the presidential intelligence briefing every day because they repetitive and he can rely on those around him on matters of national security.
Trump also suggested he is smart enough not to need security briefings, saying “You know, I’m, like, a smart person. I don’t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. Could be eight years — but eight years. I don’t need that, but I do say, ‘If something should change, let us know.’”
Donald Trump has only been given the daily intelligence briefing a few times since becoming the president-elect last month. A fact that is alarming some in the national security community. But those briefings do not always change day to day, Trump told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace in an interview taped over the weekend. And when he does receive the briefing, Trump said he always instructs those offering him the information to contact him should new developments emerge.
Trump also suggested he doesn’t like getting the briefings because they are repetitive.
“I mean, there will be some very fluid situations. I’ll be there not every day, but more than that,” Trump said. “But I don’t need to be told, Chris, the same thing every day, every morning, same words, ‘Sir, nothing has changed. Let’s go over it again.’ I don’t need that.”
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