WH daycare trying to focus toddler POTUS on Asia, giving short briefings to avoid "overloading" him

[highplainsdem]

From Poltico this morning:

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/01/trump-asia-trip-korea-china-244398

President Donald Trump has been holed up in a series of rapid-fire briefing sessions on his upcoming 12-day, five-country tour through Asia — an effort the White House hopes will help avoid the kind of diplomatic snafus that have dogged his presidency.

The trip — Trump’s longest yet — comes at a tense moment in Asia, with the threat of the North Korea nuclear program looming. But some of Trump’s advisers believe the time away from Washington will offer the president, who leaves Friday, a brief respite from the Russia-related revelations that have consumed him in recent days.

Trump’s top advisers — including national security adviser H.R. McMaster, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer — have met with the president in recent days to go over details of the trip, including in an hourlong briefing Friday in the Oval Office, according to administration officials. Top aides have sought to keep the briefings short to avoid overloading the president with details but have scheduled dozens of them to plan public remarks and outline what he should say about North Korea on defense and China on trade.

“We’ve kind of tried to do it in pieces so it’s easy to keep up with,” said another administration official, adding that National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Defense Secretary James Mattis have also briefed the president.

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The president’s advisers acknowledge privately that Trump’s unpredictable behavior could complicate the trip in ways big and small, from potentially escalating the crisis on the Korean Peninsula to flouting complicated rules of procedure.

“You never know what he’ll say,” an administration official said, adding that the grueling schedule could heighten the risk of mistakes. An outside adviser to the administration concurred: “The potential for error is huge.”

Look, just wheel him out in a muzzle. Or put him in a giant playpen with some toys to distract him. And prerecord some fairly safe, innocuous statements that can be played at appropriate times.

[Faux pas]

1. Kicketty Kickin'

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I believe his last international trip was when the news about Junior and Kushner's meeting broke.

Hopefully something similar will happen on this trip.

[Lint Head]

3. I say don't allow the boob to leave the country.

It's just too big of a chance to take.

[lagomorph777]

9. Sure, let him leave!

Just revoke his passport while he's gone.

Hell, he can keep the big shiny plane.

[rainin]

4. Stop covering for him!

Dressing him up so he can fake begin a good president helps no one. Let him scream, pull his pants down, get in the wrong car... All this coddling is enabling him. He doesn't belong there and at some point, the Republicans should feel the country's shame.

[highplainsdem]

6. I'd agree if Trump's incompetence and insanity only hurt himself. But he's like a drunk driver with

lots of passengers careening down a busy two-lane highway. The best thing to do would be to get him off the road (and in jail) asap. Failing that, we have to hope there are at least some semi-competent and semi-ethical people around Trump who can influence him to try to avert disasters. Sadly, it's looking less and less likely that there are such people there -- or that if they are there, they have much influence over their demented leader.

[DK504]

5. Hilarious! He's getting briefed by people that don't what the fuck

they are talking about. Maybe he'll just pull a Bush and walk into a door that doesn't open.

This should be God awful.

[marylandblue]

7. That's what you do for children with ADHD

Break up big things into small chunks with frequent breaks in between.

[Docreed2003]

8. Jesus....THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!!

How much more dumbing down and coddling will be tolerated??? This guy was never suited for the job of President.