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That said, the fact that a president will utter stream of consciousness ideas in a public setting is incredibly irresponsible, period.

According to an article yesterday, he usually doesn't attend the task force meetings before the daily press "briefings" and is just given some talking points shortly before the briefings start. He is mainly just winging it, and attends these briefings primarily because he enjoys jousting with the reporters which he thinks (probably correctly) earns him points with his base.

[oldalum]

That said, the fact that a president will utter stream of consciousness ideas in a public setting is incredibly irresponsible, period.

According to an article yesterday, he usually doesn't attend the task force meetings before the daily press "briefings" and is just given some talking points shortly before the briefings start. He is mainly just winging it, and attends these briefings primarily because he enjoys jousting with the reporters which he thinks (probably correctly) earns him points with his base.