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Jul 30, 2020 12 tweets 2 min read Read on X
This 4 minutes of interview with Donald Trump is gobsmacking. 1/
Donald has not talked to Vlad on his most recent call, or the others preceding it, about reports that Russia is paying bounties to the Taliban for attacking US etc. troops. The most recent phone call was about "other things." Well, then. 2/
Besides, the bounty thing, many people "said it was fake news." Even though it was in the intel briefing. Even ex-Bushies, who Donald has no use for, said it was fake. Many people. Top me. 3/
Besides, why be so irritated about Russia? What about China? WHAT ABOUT CHINA?!

Also, what about Germany?
What about Iran?
What about Tanzania?
4/
Also, Donald says nuclear proliferation is *so* much more important, even bigger than global warming! And we can't risk irritating Russia by asking them about such things! 5/
The report about bounties never reached Donald's desk, he says. So it's the intel folk who are to blame, because they never put it on his desk. Except in writing. But they didn't *say* anything. And he surely would have done something if they had. Surely. 6/
But, despite that, Donald absolutely reads his briefing documents. Really, truly! He reads a lot! A lot, I tell you! 7/
"I comprehend extraordinarily well. Probably better than anyone you've interviewed in a long time."

So of course he read it. And understood it. But didn't do anything. Because nobody brought it to his desk. 8/
He spends lots of time on intel briefings! One, at least two, maybe even three times a day! "The world is a very angry place, if you look all over the world." With all that anger, how can he be bothered with Russian bounties on US troops? 9/
Wait, Russia is sending arms to the Taliban? Well, we used to, so we should just drop it. But let me not drop it, because the Taliban are paying for those arms. THEY'RE NOT? Inconceivable! He's never heard that, nobody's ever put that on his desk. 10/
Wait, here's the 30 second history of the USSR and Afghanistan. I am an expert in this. So clearly the Russians aren't giving arms to the Taliban because they would never, ever, want to get involved there again. And it's never crossed his desk. 11/
I mean, feel free to watch the video. If I've mis-stated anything, let me know. The man is a chaotic, incoherent bundle of denial, leadership, passing-the-buck, naivete, and disingenuousness. And it's appalling how that behavior now seems normal.

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