YoBuckStopsHere"Incandescently stupid": Former DHS official says he had to "dumb" down classified memos for Trump
someguy3Ok a 50 page memo? That’s pretty friggin long. Depends how many of those you get a day.
But:
I summed up this highly classified memo into Trump’s sort of bombastic language because it was the only way he was gonna understand," Taylor added. “I mean, I literally said in there, ‘You know, if we leave Afghanistan too fast, the terrorists will call us losers. But if we wanna be seen as winners, we need to make sure the Afghan forces have the strength to push back against these criminals.’ I mean, it was that dumb and that’s how you had to talk to him.”
Oliver LoweGreat point. It takes a lot of skill to succinctly summarise some dense material for someone who juggles lots of things.
Frankly I think we need more of that in the modern world - there is so much information out there!
But the killer is that “bombastic language” and false dichotomy. Making things easier to understand - clarity - is important. This good versus evil bullshit is just wrong; unfortunately stuff isn’t that easy.
No. The President of the United States of America needs to br able to internalize and contextualize the details of thr current geopolitical climate over corn flakes. This “only human” bullshit has got to go.
Absolutely agree with you. The point I wanted to make is that there are different ways to summarise, say, in this example, a 50-page memo. The sad thing here is how the official needed to resort to the good versus evil false dichotomy. This oversimplification to have been required because, unfortunately, Trump is stupid.
I guess I’m saying that it’s a shame that there are probably a lot of smart people trying to make sense of all the geopolitics, picking things apart, critical thinking… but in the end it was all for nought; they had to appeal to someone - Trump - who never really wanted to, nor was able to, internalise or contextualise it.
For someone espousing that succinctly and simply communicating complex information is important you sure are shit at it.
Hey. Be nice. Feel free to go back to reddit with that shit attitude.
Hey. No. If you want to defend nonsensical rants go over to Truth or X.
SoleInvictusThere’s nothing nonsensical about their comment. Long winded? Absolutely. But there’s no excuse for personal attacks. That’s just being shitty.
“We’re not reddit” repeating the lemmings on the reddit clone.
Drop the pretentious bullshit. This is reddit without the corporate ownership which was the whole point.
Man, you’ve got a lot of anger. That’s sad.
Nice pivot to passive aggressive personal attacks because I’m spot on that this is a reddit clone, most of you were on reddit and now you’re being pretentious little douche bags about it.
Die without having an original thought. You’re well on your way sunshine.
Your whinging about personal attacks is a laugh on its own but then you start rubbing your nub over yourself. “You’re just insulting me because I’m right!” Clearly. Except no one insulted you, they just nicely observed that you’re a thin-skinned, hypocritical, crusty little wank stain. It’s not an insult when it’s the truth.
You’re not wanted here and not just because anythingyou have to say is dim, trite, and entirely forgettable. You’re also unpleasant and provide nothing redeeming enough to make seeing a presumably grown man throwing a wobbly time and again worthwhile.
I’m still right and you’re a dumb fuck.
Get over it.
XeknosWhy does it seem like you’re big mad they called Trump stupid?