getting into some really important stuff here. and let s go through the mechanics of a presidential phone call. number one, there is a set of talking points that in normal times are prepared and briefing points. so the question i want to know just like you are asking is who is doing the,,quote/unquote, prebrief for the president before he made this call. number two, i want to just emphasize for your viewers. it s just extraordinary to me that secretary of state pompeo was on the call. i want to know where he was. was he in the residence sitting with the president? and if he was, most certainly they would have rehearsed about what was being talked about. and when secretary pompeo says i m there because i know the policy better than anyone else, i wondered, well, why is john bolton not there? that is the normal job of the national security adviser, not the secretary of state. and moreover, when he says that, if you look at the content of the call, none of the substance
those as well. not all of it good. according to time magazine, and we quote, intelligence officials say trump displays what one called willful ignorance when presented with analyses generated by america s $81 billion a year intelligence services. the officials describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining briefing points to two or three sentences and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible. what is most troubling, say these officials, and others in government and on capitol hill who have been briefed on the episodes, are trump s angry reactions when he is given information that contradicts positions he has taken or beliefs he holds. john walcot, author of this piece in time magazine spoke to lawrence o donnell in the previous hour tonight and described a commander in chief increasingly less engaged with his intelligence community. for the most part, lawrence, the briefings have stopped.
warn that the president is endangering american security with what they say is a stubborn disregard for their assessments. citing multiple in-person episodes, these intelligence officials say trump displays what with calls ignorance when presented withal knees generated by america s 81 milli$81 millio. they describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining some briefing points to two or three sentences and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible. and leading off our discussion now are john walcott, who broke that story for time magazine about what senior intelligence officials call trump s willful ignorance that cannot be overcome by senior intelligence analysts.
what with calls ignorance when presented withal knees generated by america s $81 million a year. they describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining some briefing points to two or three sentences and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible. and leading off our discussion now are john walcott, who broke that story for time magazine about what senior intelligence fficials call trump s willful ignorance that cannot be overcome by senior intelligence analysts. john whipple literally wrote the book called the gatekeepers: how the chiefs of staff define intelligence. and we have years of intelligence on the intelligence
those as well. not all of it good. according to time magazine, and we quote, intelligence officials say trump displays what one called willful ignorance when presented with analyses generated by america s $81 billion a year intelligence services. the officials describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining briefing points to two or three sentences and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible. what is most troubling, say these officials, and others in government and on capitol hill who have been briefed on the episodes, are trump s angry reactions when he is given information that contradicts positions he has taken or beliefs he holds. john walcot, author of this piece in time magazine spoke to lawrence o donnell in the previous hour tonight and described a commander in chief increasingly less engaged with his intelligence community. for the most part, lawrence, the briefings have stopped.