re: #13 Dread Pirate

Relevant anew re the PDB:

“POTUS veers off on tangents and getting him back on topic is difficult. He has a short attention span and rarely, if ever, reads intelligence reports, relying instead on conservative media and his friends for information.”https://t.co/Dzvd4HFP8G

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) June 28, 2020

My first reaction on hearing the story about the report on Russian plans was that there’s no way Trump would pay attention to any discussion of Russian malfeasance or indeed anything of importance, let alone read an official briefing. You cannot persuade Trump of anything he doesn’t already believe, and as often mentioned, you have to attract his attention through Hannity or Tucker, which means anything top secret will never penetrate his consciousness, because it cannot first be released to Fox News for public distribution.