Silke Jasso
President Donald Trump is a new breed of commander-in-chief. The 70-year-old has never held political office and is not accustomed to the slow-moving wheels of Washington D.C. His young presidency has been marred by backslides; after one of his strongest weeks — when he managed to pass a health care bill through the house, a barrage of stories caused a whirlwind of controversy.
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Trump has continuously spoken out against leaks and members of the intelligence community who speak to reporters. A bombshell story out the New York Times on Tuesday even leveled the allegation that Trump suggested to former FBI Director James Comey that the lawman “consider putting reporters in prison.”
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But the intelligence community is not the only group leaking to the press. Staffers and aides inside the White House are also frequently quoted in stories. On Wednesday, Reuters published a story quoting a litany of sources close to Trump and painted a portrait of a president who “doesn’t understand” the presidency.
As Trump prepares to go abroad to the middle east, his staff is working hard to make sure he is up-to-speed on the issues that he will face. One staffer said that he doesn’t think Trump “understands [the Israeli-Palestinian conflict].” Michael Singh, a Bush foreign policy adviser pointed out Trump’s preference to “personal relationships” with foreign leaders, a style which contrasts with most diplomats.
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The most stunning revelation from the Reuters article was a source close to National Security Council officials who “include Trump’s name in as many paragraphs [of briefings] as possible.” He explained that “Trump keeps reading if he’s mentioned.” Sources also say that Trump prefers short memos with graphs and images over the longer, wordy files given to other leaders.
