White House may ‘jazz up' Trump's briefings as he ‘doesn't like reading'
The White House's intelligence chief is said to be considering turning Donald Trump's routine briefings into a Fox News-style broadcast, with animations of exploding bombs, to make it easier for him to follow.
Tulsi Gabbard is looking to revamp the president's daily brief so it mirrors a television broadcast because 'he doesn't read', NBC News reported, having spoken to five people with direct knowledge of the discussion.
One idea includes hiring a Fox News producer to produce a briefing that could include maps and animations of exploding bombs.
Currently, the president's daily brief is a digital document that includes written text as well as graphics and images.
Mr Trump has read the daily brief 14 times since his inauguration, or on average less than once a week – less than his predecessors.
'The problem with Trump is that he doesn't read,' one source told NBC. 'He's on broadcast all the time.'
Ms Gabbard believes that cadence and a distrust of intelligence officials, which stretches back to his first term, may reflect his preference for consuming information in a different form, the sources said.
They also said that even if the presentation of the president's daily brief changes, the information included would not.
Asked for comment, Olivia Coleman, the press secretary of the director of national intelligence, said in a statement: 'This so-called reporting is laughable, absurd and flat-out false. In true fake news fashion, NBC is publishing yet another anonymously sourced false story.'
The president's daily brief was tailored for Mr Trump in his first term to include less text and more pictures.
Ms Gabbard is said to have discussed more changes, including entertaining some unconventional ideas, as part of reforming the briefing.
Davis Ingle, a White House spokesman, said: 'President Trump has assembled a world-class intelligence team, who he is constantly communicating with and receiving real time updates on all pressing national security issues.
'Ensuring the safety and security of the American people is President Trump's number one priority.'
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