You have a nasty habit of jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions and treating rumor as fact.
1) The leak, like many others, is uncorroborated.
Uh, there are about 100 links on google and articles on just about every news site on the internet about it. It's far from unsubstantiated.
You believe it because you need to believe it, because you feel like it props up your demonstrably psychotic theories on the Trump administration and Russia. You can't look at the issue with any semblance of objectivity - and that's tragic, not to mention frustrating, coming from the perspective of someone who would actually like engage with you in a real discussion about diplomacy. Not this absolutely inane, half-baked opinion you are backing into a corner with. An opinion borne purely out of disdain for the President.
While I do have disdain for the orange one, I'm quite happy to watch him flounder and further isolate himself by ignoring his staff, just like he did with the half baked tariff steel announcement. I love it when Trump has egg on his face and his people look confused. It goes well with the orange makeup.
2) Even in the uncorroborated report the question of whether or not Trump read the briefing material is clearly posed. Plain as day. Again, you ignore this.
Incompetence to not read instructions, arrogance that he doesn't need them, pettiness to ignore them, etc. Isn't it really all the same?
3) "His team, his military, his intel" - like, dude, why make **** up? The only people in this country who are disgruntled about Trump congratulating Putin are 57 and John McCain.
That is simply not true. You can find 35% who will take even the most illogical positions. (See Trump's approval rating.) Do you really think the CIA and the NSA and all the folks at the State Department who have been putting their careers on the line to get the message out about Russian interference/hacking/etc. are happy that their President continues to belittle their work in public while cozying up to Putin? This one instance is small by itself, but it's part of a very troubling and unpopular pattern. We have a rogue President and he likes it that way.
3b) We don't know who wrote the briefing. We don't know which agencies contributed to that intel. They aren't talking. And these people, who, according to you, are so aggrieved? They aren't leaking their distaste (beyond the original 'leak', that is).
Who's left to complain?
4) Even if Trump made a unilateral decision to ignore what was in that briefing, you can't honestly believe that those words might be a prescription for policy on Russia. Can you? Do you remember the sanctions imposed a couple of days ago? Let me guess; you think those are toothless now? Where do you see America submitting to Russia over an attack in Great Britain? Do you have any sort informed contribution to make about this situation beyond dropping petty barbs?
The sanctions are curious. I wonder who threatened to resign. Kelly again?
5) If you want to talk about naivete, we can talk about how completely wrong you were on Trump and North Korea. How you came in here with this same hyper-exaggerated pearl-clutching routine about a nuclear attack, all while talking out the other side of your mouth about North Korea not being a threat (until ... you know, facts were inserted into the equation).
I still don't think NK is a real threat. They are playing Trump the same way they have played the U.S. in the past - make a lot of sabre rattling and then try and get some money to stand down. And btw, they are not going to give up their nuclear capabilities.
6) You believe that Trump congratulating Putin on winning an election was an act of submission.
Or the defiant act of a dictator wannabe. Or perhaps just incompetence. There is a lot of that going around.
His long tie must have gotten in the ketchup.
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