Trump appointed Tulsi Gabbard to provide his daily intelligence brief, the President’s Daily Brief or “PDB“ — the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) does that, and Trump chose her for this crucial post, but she has not yet become confirmed by the U.S. Senate., the Secretary of ‘Defense’, Pete Hegseth, another “controversial” pick by Trump, was confirmed in a 50-50 tie vote, with V.P. Vance providing the crucial 51-50 tie-breaking vote.

However, Tump’s public statements as President thus far in his second term, have been so ludicrously ignorant of essential historical facts and current news-reporting from proven-reliable reporters and even from relevant official statements by the relevant Governments, so as to raise the question of what information he is getting in his daily intellikgence brief, and who is providing it to him.
On January 25th, the great geostrategic analyst Alexander Mercouris (who has rare total-recall memory and also first-rate logical-analytical skills to integrate the vast information he brings to bear on every detail he discusses in his daily videos) headlined “Trump Threats Backfire; Moscow: Trump Bluffing, Hardens Stance; China Saudi Ignore Trump Calls,“ VIDEO below and provided essential information from open sources, which pertains directly to what the U.S. President’s daily intelligence brief OUGHT to be bringing to his attention.
If whomever is now providing the daily intelligence brief, is NOT including to Trump the crucial information that Mercouris is here presenting, then I would not consider that person to be doing an adequate job, because Mercouris’s analysis makes clear that Trump is atrociously misinformed about very important matters that a U.S. President needs to know and truthfully understand.
His ignorance and misinformation is dangerous. As Mercouris makes clear, Trump tragically starts his second term ignorant of, and confusingly misrepresenting, crucial facts.
On January 20th, the White House listed the individuals who are the temporary stand-ins until Trump’s appointees will obtain Senate approvals, and here is that complete list:
Ammon, Matthew Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Ashworth, Gary Secretary of the Air Force
Averill, Mark Secretary of the Army
Carter, Denise Secretary of Education
Cruickshank, Walter Secretary of the Interior
Emmert, Terence Secretary of the Navy
Fink, Dorothy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Huffman, Benjamine Secretary of Homeland Security
Hunter, Todd Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Kaleta, Judith Secretary of Transportation
Kenna, Lisa Secretary of State
Kolb, Ingrid Secretary of Energy
Lebryk, David Secretary of the Treasury
Micone, Vincent Secretary of Labor
Pelter, Jeremy Secretary of Commerce
Salesses, Robert Secretary of Defense
Washington, Gary Secretary of Agriculture
McHenry, James Attorney General
Ehikian, Stephen Administrator of General Services
Gray, Jason Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Payne, James Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Petro, Janet Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Woodel, Everett Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Dixon, Stacey Director of National Intelligence
Driscoll, Brian Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ezell, Charles Director of the Office of Personnel Management
Sylvester, Jr., Thomas Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Vaeth, Matthew Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Vitello, Caleb Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
King, Michelle Commissioner of Social Security
Millan, Juan United States Trade Representative
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