I find myself in agreement with Donald Trump about not needing to listen to those boring repetitive presidential daily security briefings. I mean, why bother? All he has to do is call up his buddy Vladimir Putin and ask, “Whadup with that thing in Syria?” (Or whatever the crisis de jour happens to be.) After all, Donald could hardly do better than go directly to the former KGB intelligence officer Putin to find out what’s going.
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Letter: Security briefings not needed
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