The following article by Carol D. Leonnig, Shane Harris and Greg Jaffe was posted on the Washington Post website February 9, 2018:
President Trump doesn’t read the traditional presidential daily brief, and instead opts for an oral overview of intelligence matters every two to three days. (Video: Jenny Starrs/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
For much of the past year, President Trump has declined to participate in a practice followed by the past seven of his predecessors: He rarely if ever reads the President’s Daily Brief, a document that lays out the most pressing information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies from hot spots around the world.
Trump has opted to rely on an oral briefing of select intelligence issues in the Oval Office rather than getting the full written document delivered to review separately each day, according to three people familiar with his briefings. Continue reading “Breaking with tradition, Trump skips president’s written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings”