President-elect Trump reportedly declines intelligence briefings

Donald Trump is reportedly declining to get many intelligence briefings. Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, spoke to CBSN about what the president-elect's decision could mean.

[MrEab]

if you have a family, you should be frightened.

[akabaker]

Lazy and unconcerned about our nation. This presidential run was ALWAYS about him. He could give a damn about "America first"; more like "Trump first"... This isn't going to end well....

[Sevenfold]

The president should be briefed on the history and politics of the Syrian civil war and how it started and where its going. But he should also be receiving briefs on day to day happenings. I dont think Trump understands the war, the situation or anything else. He just doesnt care... its his own opinion that matters. He prob already thinks he knows everything.

[buch]

ignoramus is bliss
ignorance is bliss

[tristinatr]

Spread the word! Electoral college casts the real votes on Dec 19th

[Stereotypofficial]

trumps brain is to small.. he can only take briefings once a week :D

[carlanellis]

Maby it's more important to be focused on your domestic problems and be less concerned with being a big brother to the world.

[daonly]

What's 3 minutes of your time? You are obligated as Commander and Chief!

[terrysibley]

who are these people and how do they get these positions. you know they've been wrong about this from the beginning. they need to relax and pay attention because whats coming is so far beyond they're understanding they dont have a clue.

[rubadubu]

How many intelligence briefings did Obummer go to, or made aware of. A lot of talk about nothing.

[adamblister]

More relevant, he actually denies intelligence.

[johnanderson]

there is no 'deep dive' for a guy who has a 37 second attention span and can't complete sentences without getting distracted by adjectives and Dumpster donald is worse than a middle school girl who just discovered boys... he is in idiot and he has practiced being a complete bully moron for 7 decades.

[shirl]

Obama does not attend the briefings himself.

[condew]

Worse than Bush; Trump would not even see a headline like "Osama determined to Strike in U.S."

[johnmckenna]

Is Trump trying not to be culpable for future mistakes? Looking for plausible deniability? I'd love to be a fly on the wall at one of these intelligence briefings. How is he not interested in them?

[Paige_AndGrace]

YOU ALL NEED TO STOP PUTTING LIES OUT THERE

[terrysibley]

the president is not a king a president is the country's ceo.get it. thats wjy he surrounds himself with people who are competent enough to handle their job without micromanagement. which leaves more time to do presidential stuff.get it

[michaelclaunch]

because he wants his team telling him not Obama Team. Also he's not president yet.

[CPK]

who cares, he's not even on the job yet. Who wants to work off the clock anyways?