Zhi Zhu 🕸️9h ago

"Each day since the start of the #war in #Iran, US #military officials compile a #video update for #DonaldTrump...

The daily montage typically runs for about 2 minutes... One described each daily video as a series of clips of “stuff blowing up.”

...“We can’t tell him every single thing that happens,” a current #US official said... Trump’s briefings tend to draw better feedback from his aides when they focus on US victories."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912

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"Overall... the information #Trump gets about the #war tends to emphasize #US successes, with comparatively little detail about #Iranian actions.

One example came this month when five US #AirForce refueling planes were hit in an Iranian strike at Prince Sultan Air Base in #SaudiArabia... Trump wasn’t briefed about the strikes, and he learned what had happened from #media reports...

Trump reacted angrily... calling coverage of the strike misleading"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912

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Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️9h ago

"Gabbard & Ratcliffe also testified that the #WhiteHouse received #intelligence assessments before the #war that, if it was struck, #Iran would be likely to retaliate with attacks on #energy sites in the #MiddleEast & threaten commercial shipping in the #StraitOfHormuz, with possible fallout for #oil prices & the global #economy.

But #Trump suggested last week that Iran’s reaction came as a surprise🎉 & that “no expert” predicted such a response."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912

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Inside Trump's daily video montage briefing on the Iran war

WASHINGTON — Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours, three current U.S. officials and a former U.S. official said

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