How Trump Reacted to the Intel Briefings He Got

That and other coverage about the president-elect
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 18, 2017 10:04 AM CST
To Reach Trump, Forget Email, Just Call His Cellphone
President-elect Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Interviews with Donald Trump and related stories about him and his policies are in full supply two days before he takes office. A sampling:

  • The Washington Post has a feature on Trump's life in Trump Tower: He "rarely leaves, not even for a breath of fresh air," and generally stays surrounded by a close circle of family and advisers. Despite his regular tweets, Trump doesn't use email and almost never surfs the internet, but he does have one unusual access point: He answers his own cellphone, "something that acquaintances and colleagues speak of in almost reverential terms." Read the profile here.

  • Axios has an interview with Trump, and the interviewers write that the president-elect "seemed moved" by his intel briefings. "I've had a lot of briefings that are very … I don't want to say 'scary,' because I'll solve the problems. But … we have some big enemies out there." Read it in full here.
  • The Wall Street Journal also interviewed Trump, and it had real-world implications: "The dollar tumbled to its lowest level in a month after Donald Trump suggested ... he favored a weaker dollar, breaking with decades of tradition and intensifying investor concern over the incoming administration’s capacity to surprise." Read it here.
  • In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times Magazine, Joe Biden sounds worried about Trump's shifting foreign policy pronouncements. "It's like a Rubik's cube trying to figure this guy out," he says. "We have no freakin' idea what he's going to do." Read it in full here.
  • Trump will enter office with only about half of his Cabinet in place. Politico takes a look here.
  • Trump also will enter office as the most unpopular president in at least 40 years (see ABC News), while President Obama exits with his approval ratings at an all-time high (see CNN).
  • The Hill looks ahead and sees five areas where Trump and Democrats can make progress, including a possible boost in minimum wage. The list is here.
  • See Friday's inauguration schedule here.
(More Donald Trump stories.)

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